Chocolate-Covered Chaos (Soul Mutts, #3)

They can't trust him with their shoes, but they can trust him with their hearts.

Since Nick Marshall's wife died, he's been struggling to keep a lid on his PTSD and raise his stepdaughter Chloe and her younger half-sister, Abby. He's always run a tight ship, but when he learns that Chloe's flunking out, he becomes even more rigid and controlling: no extracurricular activities, just chores, and schoolwork until she brings her grades up.

It's only after she gets into a fight at school that he...