Marina's bone marrow is a perfect match. Though they've never met, Marina leaves her home of Australia and flies to England in order to save a seven-year-old girl with leukemia. There, she meets the girl's uncle, James, the Earl of Winterborne. A far cry from the elderly gentleman Marina was expecting, the dashing bachelor makes her heart flutter. However, upon reaching his estate, the earl's butler rudely warns her, "His Lordship's engagement draws near. Do please keep your distance from him, particularly his bed." The nerve! Marina came to England to save lives, not shack up with nobility!