It took courage for Annette to return to Ainsborough Royal Hospital. As senior staff nurse in the magnificent new theatre unit, she was well on her way to achieving her ambition of becoming theatre sister. But Ainsborough was also the scene of her short-lived engagement to David Hadley - and the scene of their quarrel. She was confident that she could return to her old job and face her ex-fiance every day without a qualm. She was sure that she had managed to put all thoughts of love behind her... But how would she really feel when they came face to face? Was there really 'nothing so dead as a dead love?'