When Mandy's boyfriend dies in a motorbike accident, she is left alone with a young child and little money. It seems a perfect solution to Mandy's twin problems of finance and loneliness when her son's uncle Jon offers her a job as his receptionist - as well as a home with himself and his beautiful but spoilt wife, Gillian - she gratefully accepts. But instead of of the rosy future she expects, Mandy finds she has entered a scene of marital discord and soon becomes aware of Jon's unhappiness, as well as her own growing love for him. Perhaps if she welcomes the attentions of Mike Sinclair, an attractive Irish bachelor, it will help her to strain of keeping her true feelings hidden....