Nikki Grant is only nineteen when she discovers she's pregnant. Despite her parents' disappointment and anger, she welcomes the news with joy. The baby will complete the happy home she shares with the man she adores, Spencer James.

Baby Zac arrives and is perfect in every way. And with Spencer's career taking off they are ready to make the big move to London. And then, on a day like any other, Nikki finds her life turned upside down by tragedy. As she becomes ever more embroiled in a world she cannot escape, the love between Nikki and her son is put to the kind of test no mother should ever have to face.