Resigned to life on the shelf, marriage to the handsome Piers Armitage iseverything Ella Martin had ever hoped for. Ella is so much in love withPiers that even the prospect of taking on the three children of his firstmarriage doesn't seem too daunting. But surprisingly, as they settle down,it is Piers and not the children who proves hard to handle and the couple'spriorities begin to diverge. But she soon realises there is a thin linebetween love and duty.