Ian Kaplinsky is thirty-eight, a calculus teacher and devoted father to fifteen-year-old twins, Fawn and Faye. Standing at six foot two with tousled dark brown hair, sharp blue-gray eyes behind rectangular glasses, and refined features, Ian is quiet and dependable. After their mother left with her college professor shortly after their birth, Ian raised his daughters alone. Now, with life finally settled, he finds himself longing for companionship—until a bakery encounter changes everything.