At twenty-two, Shelby Summers is trying to understand why she attracts men who don't respect her. Her traumatic adolescence has left scars. How can she find romance with a loving partner? But then she is rescued from death by a mysterious stranger... Nathan Monroe, a rural vet, has moved to the city with his four-year-old daughter Caity, seeking to forge a new life. And when he offers Shelby a job as Caity's nanny, she dares to hope for the same...