Struggling to adjust to life as a single mother, GP Sarah Rigby is intrigued by her new neighbour, guarded hot-shot surgeon Ryan Harrison. Sarah knows Ryan is struggling to overcome the effects of an accident, and although deeply hesitant of entering a relationship, she and her young son Sam resolve to show Ryan how to live again. They're thrown together to save lives, and the soaring temperatures of the Australian summer mirror the heat fizzing between them until Ryan cannot deny his desire to be part of the family he's grown to love ... or his desire to make Sarah his bride.