She was an ex-wife, ex-lawyer and soon-to-be ex-owner if her restaurant didn't turn around. To top things off, Margo Evans's ex was getting married again. What if her two children preferred their new stepmom?

But all was not lost. A new lunchtime regular, Robert Brooks, seemed likely to add some spice to her life—or he would if a single mom hadn't recently left him standing at the altar, wrenching away the child he'd begun to love.

Could Margo coax the conservative banker to swallow his fear of women with kids? And show him to a table for four?