When Dallas Westbrook is forced to the dugout after an injury ends his professional baseball career, he's offered the position of head coach for the team that built him. But he's barely able to find his footing before a brutal season puts him on temporary leave. Dallas is known for impulsive decisions both on and off the field. So when the opportunity arises to be the father to his daughter he always wishes he'd had, he decides to take it...even though it means picking up his life and going to Wyoming.

Living in Bluestone Lakes was never supposed to be permanent-until he meets his neighbor.

Poppy Barlow is off-limits. She's ten years younger and his daughter's first grade teacher. She lives by routines, color-coded checklists, and quiet consistency. Where Poppy is soft and steady, Dallas is sharp edges and split-second decisions.

But life has a way of delivering exactly what they didn't know they were missing, as if it was a puzzle piece slipping into place.

When love finally rounds the bases, it all comes down to who has the home field advantage.