Damaged Goods?

Matthew Hudson is a respected primary care physician working in the town of Sassafras, Vermont. While his professional life appears to be pristine and very successful, being one of three partners in a group practice at the age of thirty-three, his personal life where he lives in the nearby town of Sugar Falls, is a far cry from what everyone would expect of the young, reserved, yet friendly professional because of a survival tactic he learned long ago: to compartmentalize everything very neatly.

Trauma from his past has left Matthew a fragile, broken man barely able to function, coping with a revolving door of prostitutes, hookups, alcohol, loneliness, depression, and deep-seated issues with anger, trust, and insecurity. He hasn't been able to maintain any long-term relationships, especially intimate relationships, however, it's that connection and intimacy he craves, with one dream in mind: to fall in love, get married, and have a family of his own.

One day, a mysterious name comes across his desk that catches his eyes, one that's hard to pronounce and belongs to a soft-spoken woman with auburn hair, who recently moved to the United States from Ireland, and opened a bookstore on Main Street in Sugar Falls. Saoirse Maher, with a patience of a monk, and the love and nurturing nature of an angel, unexpectedly enters Matthew's life, captivates him, waking something up inside of him. But does Matthew have the capacity to fall in love and make his dream come true, or is he simply damaged goods?