Arlington, Connecticut police detective John Russo is
responsible to a fault. When his girlfriend got pregnant,
he married her. When she walked out on the marriage, he
committed himself to raising their son himself. But when
his baby-sitter has a family emergency and must fly to
California, John’s carefully rigged existence comes
crashing down. He needs help, and fast.
Molly Saunders co-founded the Daddy School to help men
become better fathers. She wants to help John, not just by
providing a space for his two-year-old son in her preschool
but also by teaching him how to deal with his son’s demands—
and teaching him that despite the occasional brutality of
his work, he can still be a loving, vulnerable man. When it
comes to learning the skills he needs to raise his son
well, John is an A student. But Molly’s lessons in love
prove much more challenging. Can a man who conceals a gun
inside his undercover Santa Claus costume actually be the
gentle, sensitive man of Molly’s dreams?