A sweet, lighthearted contemporary romance, set in Chicago, Illinois, about family and friendship, work and play, independence and connection, and in the middle of it all, a lovable mutt named Mac.Lani O'Donnell, a fiercely independent engineer, wants to prove to her four over-protective brothers that she is capable of running both her personal and professional life. She refuses to work for the family construction company and instead takes a job with the fledgling Flaherty Construction Company as a contract consultant and administrator on a six-month trial basis.Jake Flaherty, the single-minded owner of Flaherty Construction, raised as the only child of a single mother, has decided that emotions are dangerous and logic is the answer to any problem. A family dinner with his new employee throws them together socially, and their reluctant attraction to each other becomes obvious.Because of Lani's past record of dating only losers-in her brothers' opinion-they decide to secretly put Jake through a series of tests to assess his qualities as a potential spouse for their little sister. Soon Lani's well-intentioned but interfering sister-in-law and mother get in on the act, and it isn't too long before Jake's mom-impatiently waiting for grandkids-adds to the manipulations.The biggest complication, besides Lani's bossy older brothers and growing attraction to her off-limits boss, is Mac, Lani's rescue mutt, an Irish Wolfhound who suffers from severe separation anxiety.It's a recipe for disaster…or is it?
