This is a romantic drama in a medical setting (a maternity hospital), with the medical incidents making an integral part of the storyline. The human aspect of the medical situations is always the dominant feature rather than the clinical and technical details, which makes the story suitable for all levels and types of readers.

The story is set in a busy maternity hospital in London where the lives of the staff and those of the patients are inexplicably intertwined. The fast-moving environment of the labour ward sees many events ending sometimes happily, sometimes tragically but often unpredictably. In this tense atmosphere, the relationships between the main characters of the story thrive or breakdown, with rivalries on occasions taking a sinister nature. What happens on the labour ward demonstrates in a unique way the best and the worst in human nature, such as sublime love and bitter hatred, total dedication and commitment, utter selfishness, acts of great kindnesses as well as sexual and emotional abuse.