When Dr. Andrew Kendall returns from leave, he is immediately attracted to nurse Jessica Chapman. An extrovert, who lives life to the full, Andrew tries to sweep Jessica along faster than she wants. Jessica badly needs to know who her father is, and only the elderly Mrs. Cochrane, her grandmother, can help. But before Jessica can reveal who she is, Mrs. Cochrane dies, and forensic pathologist Dr. Sarah Gilmour is suspicious. Suddenly, Jessica is a in a nightmare situation, unable to tell Andrew the true story...