Everything was going well in Meredith Hislock's life until she is unexpectedly confronted with the knowledge that Ashley, 'the boy next door', whom she has grown up with, sees her in a romantic light. In a knee-jerk reaction to block him out of her life she looks for a way to avoid going home to her family for Christmas and potentially encountering Ashley. Working as a nanny would appear to be a good solution. Until she meets her new employer. Carlo Sabatini is handsome, charming, amorous and unattainable. However when it is revealed that he is widowed her emotions start see-sawing. Does he love her, or is he just playing with her? After emotional confrontations with Ashley, her flatmates, her family, and Carlo's family, she decides that she does love him, and that he loves her. The crunch comes one intimate night when the truth is revealed …