Julia Ross, a champion tennis player, is brash, brave and beautiful. Then she gets injured. All that matters to her is getting better and getting back on the circuit. Until she meets Eliot Barron. Trapped in a loveless marriage, Eliot has built her life around her 10-year-old daughter, Morgan. Rich and conventional, she is ill-prepared for how she feels when she meets Julia. But then the press get hold of the story, and Eliot's husband makes it clear - it's giving up Julia, or he'll take custody of Morgan. For Eliot the choice is clear. But Julia isn't used to losing...