Top surgeon Fergus Reynard abandoned Sydney for a GP's life at Cradle Lake, hoping to soothe his broken heart. And indeed it is by the laughter, dedication and caring nature of local emergency doctor Ginny Viental. Ginny knows she cannot enter a relationship with this wonderful man in the midst of her own struggles. But Fergus will not let her run from their love of a lifetime - even though it means giving his heart to the little niece in her care too, and taking a role he thought he could never face again - that of a father.