Carisa Páez Velloso travels with her daughter to London at the behest of the family of her six-year-old child's father. What seemed a genial invitation turns into a nightmare and Carisa finds herself embroiled in a fight against English nobility and laws written in their favor. A chance meeting with widower Max DiSanto, advocate of law, brings hope of retaining custody of her deaf daughter. The case Max and Carisa set out to win engages more than written law as sparks ignite within their damaged, unwilling hearts.