Hillary McNeil is a forty-something professional woman at the top of her game. She has close friends, a daughter who's emerging into a strong woman, a devoted lover, and, most importantly, control of her life. Things seem too good to be true, and, of course, they are. Hillary's world begins to unravel with her inadvertent pregnancy. Nick Adamson and Hillary are in an exclusive relationship, but she refuses his marriage proposal. She views her pregnancy as a reason not to marry him. Having already gone through the arduous crucible of dealing with her daughter's unwanted pregnancy, Hillary is in no mood to experience such a calamity of her own. But she has no choice. What Hillary doesn't know is that Nick lied to her about having a vasectomy and intentionally got her pregnant in order to coerce her into marrying him. Will the oldest trick in the book work in reverse? Or will Nick's deception destroy Hillary's perfectly ordered world and their tenuous relationship?