Seeking a fresh start in life, Abigail finds a job as a live-in nurse and travels from London to the Netherlands. It's at her employer's residence that she meets Dominic van Wijkelen, the dashing doctor-handsome but grumpy, cold yet alluring. Abby senses that he hates her and maintains her distance from him, but when her current job ends, van Wijkelen approaches her with a job offer. Perplexed, Abby accepts-and finds him smiling brilliantly. Didn't he hate her? What does that smile of his mean?