Louise Matthews has got it good. Wonderful job? Check. Loving family? The best. Roommates? Pretty fantastic, thank you. All of this helps her stay focused on what she wants: to finish out her apprenticeship and become a fully licensed Switch-an animal mage who bonds familiars to their witches. Only a problem has just moved in-a hot, occasionally wolf-shaped problem. Declan Mackenzie doesn't want to be a lone wolf, but he doesn't have a choice. Girlfriend? Gone. Sister? Starting a new life. Parents? In prison where they belong, thankfully.

Six years after aging out of the foster care system, where he was bounced from house to house, Jay is trying to make a life for himself as a mechanic but can never seem to escape the darkness of his past — until he meets her. Stuck at a crossroads of maintaining an old dream or following a new one, Claire, a middle school English teacher from a loving home, is quickly realizing that starting over can change everything.

A dog named Slipper almost ruined my life. The uncatchable stray snuck on the patio where I was waitressing and knocked me straight into Lee Powell's lap. My fist slammed into his junk. Then I accidentally flipped his breakfast platter onto his pants. I thought it couldn't get any worse, but when I bring my brother to baseball practice, I discover his new coach is none other than Lee, owner and founder of Powell Dog Sanctuary, and he's not happy to see me.

Henry Moore always has a plan. Whatever the situation, he’s already thought through five different scenarios, outcomes, and proceeds accordingly. His thorough nature has served him well; a successful executive career, close-knit family, and a long and happy marriage. Eva Cruz is everything to everyone. A dutiful employee who goes above and beyond, a loyal wife always ready to compromise to make her marriage work; Eva just wants to do the right thing and keep everyone happy.

Alexandra Onassis hates only two things: austerity politics and Danial Azad. As the only scholarship kids of their elite group at Columbia University, their heated dynamic was scorched forever by one fateful, awful night just before graduation. And in the ten years since, Alex and Danial have been on radically different paths: she crafts social media campaigns for an ultra-progressive political party; he’s a rising star at a notoriously savage private equity firm.