Annis is from a large family full of love. When her childhood friend introduces her to Jake Royle she cannot stand the man. Jake likes the pretty girl and maneuvers to get her a position as companion to his godmother. Annis adores the old woman and in the few weeks she cares for the woman she develops a strong rapport.
Jake Royle and his godmother do not reveal to Annis that she is dying. An over-excited and over-filled schedule reveal it to Annis as the lovely old woman dies. Jake asks Annis to stay on and help him settle the last things and after a couple weeks of companionship Jake asks her to marry him.
Annis realizes she loves the financial mogul desptie his wealth and the arrogance it gives him. Knowing he may never return her feelings to teh same degree, the young woman agrees. Their marriage starts on a good foot - Annis gets along with Jake's family and housekeeper, she fits into his life easily.
But some time through their honeymoon Jake's business interrupts a peaceful vacation and Annis begins to doubt how well she can love a man who shows no inclination to love her back. When Jake suggests she stay with her family in the country rather than their flat in London his new wife despairs of their marriage becoming anything more.
Annis and Jake Royle must decide if tehir marriage is to continue when one loves the other withotu any hope of reciprication. The pair travel to more exotic locations than many of Betty Neels's characters: Spain and Italy rather than her usual Dutch excursions, but like most of her stories, Betty's characters hold with her old-fashioned values.
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