When her daughter was born with Cystic Fibrosis, Kate Micklethwaite vowed that she would never be defined by the illness. She is determined that Daisy will be known as the little girl who loves butterflies and French pastry and nothing else. Yet, somehow, Kate has started defining herself by the way other's see her: the single parent, the source of small-town scandal, the Oxbridge drop-out, the former mistress; half a family.
So when Daisy starts at primary school and Kate meets her new teacher, the charming and kind Mr Spencer Swanson, she suddenly hopes that her future and her definition are about to change. As they get to know each other Kate falls for him hard and fast but soon notices that people are whispering behind her back one more.
Kate hopes she's finally found her happy ending with Mr Right but she might be about to learn that nobody's perfect . . .