When Tessa Linley arrives for work at the impressive Hull estate, she clashes with the arrogant boss, Jacob Hull. He is a hardened, bitter lawyer who transforms into a soft-hearted family man with his two children. As they fight their simmering attraction towards one another, they face malicious attacks from the calculating ex-Mrs Hull. But when danger arises from the case Jacob is working, the entire family are hurled into jeopardy. Can Tessa and Jacob find true love before they lose everything? Or is Tessa doomed to spend the rest of her life alone, without a family to call her own.