Laura McLeod enjoyed her work on the paediatric ward, but she was less involved with the social side of the hospital. The arrival of the new Senior Registrar, John Hawke, wouldn’t, she thought, change that. But John had other ideas. He could see she was hiding something from the world, something she needed to face before she could go forward to really enjoy her life. And if he could persuade her to make him part of that life, so much the better …