An infatuated young surgeon lays siege to a glamorous older woman. Owen Springer (Robson Green) is a young doctor who has just moved to Manchester to take care of his demanding, hypochondriac father. The last thing he is looking for is an affair…until he meets Anna (Francesca Annis). Anna is the Management Consultant assigned to assessing Owen"s suitability for a job as a Surgical Registrar. Her assessment is that he is a mouthy, yet charming, young upstart. Owen"s assessment is that she"s the sexiest woman he"s ever seen and that he"s in love. However, there are two obstacles on Owen"s path to happiness—Anna is several years older, and she is married. Undaunted, Owen sets out to charm her, and just when he"s beginning to get somewhere, he"s hit with a bombshell. Anna"s husband is his new boss.