Georgina Shannon struggled to recover from a shattered love affair by burying the past and with it her life-long friendship with the Conways, who were responsible for her broken engagement. But Hugo Conway believed Gina's road of escape was the wrong one and he refused to be dismissed as an enemy. He tells her: "You won’t escape it, the Conway touch, Gina. It's part of your life that you can't cut out." But Hugo had a hard task before him, for Gina was a difficult person to handle.

Gina blamed Hugo for destroying her happiness, but she found that he brought her a love deeper than she had ever known.

But everything went sour the day that Gina announced her engagement to Stuart Dysart. She loved him very much and Margot shared her happiness and her plans. But Margot was too eager to help. When Stuart lost his apartment, Margot quickly offered him her own home ....

The Conways had played a welcome part in the lives of the Shannons since childhood - until they caused the break up of Gina's engagement to Stuart Dysart. In a desperate attempt to build a new life, Gina saw only one course ahead - to sever all links with the past. But Hugo Conway was convinced that Gina was making a terrible mistake. His family, he felt, were as much part of her life, her identity, as were her own people. Somehow, he would have to rekindle her trust, but with a headstrong girl like Gina, he would need all the friendly persuasion he could muster!