Danny Reyes used to play in the NHL. These days, his biggest opponent is Tuesday mornings - burnt toast, a nine-year-old daughter who's appointed herself the family's chief operating officer, and two years of quietly drowning since his wife's death that he's gotten very good at hiding from everyone in Cedar Falls.

Elena Cruz didn't move to a small town to fall for a single dad's carefully managed denial. She moved here to actually help families instead of just processing them - and Danny Reyes's file has a gap in it she's not willing to ignore.

What starts as an after-school program placement becomes something neither of them planned on. But Danny's spent two years believing that needing help means failing the people who need him most.

The Sign-Up Sheet is a heartfelt, hopeful single-dad romance - grief handled with care, no cheating, no cliffhanger, guaranteed happy ending.