Daniel Kilcannon, the veterinarian known as the Dogfather, has been widowed for four years. He's spent the time running the largest canine rescue and training facility in North Carolina and pulling some strings to make sure each of his six grown children find a love like the one he lost when his beloved Annie dies. But as the years slip by, Daniel's decision to never love again is starting to make him restless. When a woman who was pivotal to his past arrives in Bitter Bark, he wonders if her appearance is coincidence or the guiding hand of his dearly departed wife....but the truth is neither. She's about to change his life again in ways he could never have imagined. And Daniel isn't sure if his hear or his family will ever recover from the impact.