Pretty young Lori Becker is a nursing intern at a Queens hospitaland a battered wife. Professionally skilled, she is socially nave. Intimidated by her brutal husband, Lori lives in the fantasy world of romance mysteries, idolizing their handsome author, Ian Damion. A horrific car accident sends Francine Ross, an unmarried pregnant woman to the maternity ward where Lori works.
The distraught man accompanying Francine is Ian Damion. Despite her injuries, Francines full-term infant is safely delivered. Her casual liaison with Ian is over and Francine grants him full custody of their newborn son. Ian must return to his home in Washington State. He needs a babys nanny. Concealing her identity, Lori volunteers for the job. This is her chance to escape from her brutal husband. Lori mature, developing self-esteem and falls deeply in love with Ian. But when he returns her love and proposes, Lori must confess that she is a married woman.