Chelsea McQuaid is knee deep in kids. Caring for her nieces and nephews after her brother's death has flipped her world upside down and she has little time for anything outside wrangling the six kids between six months and fourteen years old. 
 Jake Becker is ice-cold as a defender, only heating it up between the sheets before sending his one-night stands on their way. 
 When Jake takes a case defending one of the kids, he finds himself drawn to the overworked, overwhelmed woman. He also finds himself drawn to the household as a whole. 
 I love Jake. His noncommittal ways and his views of being a defense attorney and his sense of humor and general outlook had me continually laughing (even to the point of snorting) and turned things that usually make me turn up my nose into things I loved about him and were amusing traits rather than turn-offs. 
 Chelsea has a spark and fire to her that was great to read. Not only does she take on a responsibility raising her nieces and nephews that most people her age would consider too steep, but she fights for what she wants -- family -- with everything she has. She is a mama bear who developed those instincts out of necessity and in rapid pace. 
 Even in the middle of an epic fight, these six kids had me busting out laughing. While they are all going through various stages of grief, rebellion, and cuteness (depending on their ages), they all have such great personalities that are each well developed and believable. 
 There was so much about this whole book that I absolutely loved. Jake and Chelsea, the kids, Jake's mom. Even some of the games that usually cause me to lose momentum in a book didn't catch me up here. I didn't want to stop reading on Sunday night, and I pushed aside other tasks on Monday just to binge on the rest of the book. 
 I was gifted a copy in exchange for an honest review.