Where are all the sensitive househusbands hiding? Apparently in 1926, according to Constance O'Day-Flannery's newest time travel romance, Here and Now.

The story starts with a bang, or rather a splash. Charlie Garrity jumps off a bridge in 1926, avoiding an assailant, and plops down, literally, at the feet of Suzanne McDermott, in 2001. As if Suzanne's day isn't bad enough already. She's eight months pregnant, and has just hours ago, had her husband leave her for her best friend, Ingrid. Suzanne hurls her ring into the lake, and thinks she's hit the man she sees crawling out of the water. The pair race to the hospital, which is no easy task, as Charles is a stranger in a strange land, and Suzanne is in active labour.

Charlie may be new to the modern world, and to surrogate fatherhood, but he adapts quickly, giving Suzanne and baby boy Matty tender loving care while they recuperate from their respective traumas. Suzanne's ex, Kevin, drops by and is angered at the strange man Suzanne has brought to live in "his" house. Suzanne agrees to a divorce and plans to seek sole custody.

The relationship between Charlie and Suzanne progresses smoothly and quickly, without many obstacles. Charlie left a fiancee, Grace, back in 1926, but he didn't love her, and she didn't pull at his heart the way Suzanne and Matty do. Even the house is special to him, though he can't put his finger on why. He gets the hang of laundry, housework and outside chores in an eyeblink, with only a few misty thoughts for the life he left, though he balks at discovering his 'feminine side'. His affection for Suzanne and Matty is tender and charming.

Suzanne finds that Charlie's presence in her life kicks her into action. Kevin never really loved her, and it's best to get him out of her life as soon as possible, especially when she discovers that Ingrid is also carrying Kevin's baby. She will never be free of the louse, since their children will be related. Charlie comforts her, but insists that he must leave to start his own life in this new world. Suzanne's lawyer wrangles a hefty settlement, stemming from the land Kevin recently sold to a developer, and the divorce is on its way.

While Charlie packs, he and Suzanne discover information from 1926 that could change legal and financial matters, but it's really a blip in the road. Both acknowledge their love for each other, but must build their own lives before they can think of one together. Charlie heads for California, and Suzanne puts the pieces of her past together.