A Joyful Heart

In the quaint community of Heart Lake, Ohio, resides the vivacious Jenny, a woman who knows no bounds when it comes to taking charge. She commands the helm both at home, where she fiercely guards her younger sister and her seriously unwell baby niece, and at her beloved library that she manages with undying passion. Amidst her protective duties and professional commitments, love has always taken a backseat. Until Mark enters the picture.

Mark, an old friend from their shared library school days and a fellow manager in the same library system, has held his feelings for Jenny close to his heart for years. When the opportunity to be Jennys plus-one at her sisters wedding arises, posing as her boyfriend to assuage her worried mother, Mark doesnt hesitate to accept.

Fate has a tricky way of playing its hand, though. When an unforeseen disaster strikes, and Jennys cherished library is ravaged by fire, shes pushed into an unexpected...