Dr Tess Carter is no starry-eyed heroine. After all, if your dad left without a backward glance you wouldn`t believe in romance either. And the voices in Tess`s head - you know, the ones that tell you you`re not good enough, not pretty enough, not clever enough - well, these voices are very loud. Very loud indeed. Especially when the disagreeable son of one of her patients starts challenging her every decision.Edward Russell might have a big job and a posh voice, but Tess is determined not to let him get to her. And Edward, it turns out, may be less of a grump than he first appears…In the real world, where gentlemanlike manners and out-of-the-blue declarations of love are a story-book fantasy, it`s up to Tess to decide whose voice to listen to … and how to make her own heard.