Bringing up her special-needs son, Robbie, has meant a busy life for Laura Grady. When she takes up a new nursing post at Dalverston General Hospital, her attraction for the pediatric resident Mark Dawson is an unwanted distraction.

While Mark makes his feelings clear, Laura feels that as Robbie will always be the center of her life, she could never offer Mark the happiness he deserves. But in Mark's view, Laura is as special to him as her child, and he intends to ensure she really gets the message....