It seems the answer to all Dr Celia Derwent's prayers when her new boss Dr Alan Grainger proposes marriage. She desperately wants to convince the courts that she should have custody of her orphaned niece Fiona, and with a husband she will stand far better chance of persuading them.

Alan is devoted to Fiona, but he still seems aloof and strangely wary of Celia. So will this marriage of convenience really solve all her problems?