Tearaway Viv¿s fragile truce with her grandmother is threatened when her flighty mother suddenly shows up from America and expects to pick up where she left off. It¿s what Viv¿s always dreamed of - but is she ready for the drama Pauline brings with her?

Helen finds herself playing surrogate mother to her French niece Katrine, while keeping their family relationship a secret from the rest of the Nightingale staff. However, independent Kat is determined to do things her way, and break the rules. But underneath it all, she is lost. She is in a foreign country, still mourning the loss of her mother. She is desperate for love, but is she looking in the wrong place?

At the same time, Helen is still coming to terms with the end of her marriage to David, a man she still loves. We discover the reason behind their break-up - an illness left Helen unable to have children, and she wanted to give David the chance to be a father. But can love conquer all?