The Parents is Book Two of the family saga Once & Forever. After five years, Dmitry Rostoff finally returns to San Francisco for his son's birthday, where he meets and gets to know his 6-year-old daughter. Dmitry falls in love with the tiny girl with the incredible talent for art and decides to remove her from the oppressive environment of his mother's mansion and raise her himself. But his world falls apart again when Natasha, his official fiancé, suddenly disappears.