Clare Anderson: a woman with a past; Fen Marchand: an Oxford University professor, and father to ten-year-old Miles, who was badly in need of a housekeeper - so badly in need that he agreed to take on Clare. She had a good idea of how Fen saw her - his opinion was totally colored by her previous record and, though he was prepared to give her a job, that didn't mean that she was good enough for the likes of him! But still, and intense physical attraction developed between them. However, Clare was going to keep her distance; Fen would never understand why she'd taken that risk - because he'd never know it had been for the sake of her little son...