The romantic leads are a single father and a woman he employs as a nanny. There are several discussions between the two about the power dynamics in their relationship. For example, at one point, the male lead says, "I have feelings for you, and I've known that for a while. But I also know that as long as I pay your salary it'll never be right for me to pursue you." At the end of their discussion, he says, "I wouldn't feel guilty as long as you swear to me that you'll never put my feelings before yours. That you'll never be afraid to tell me the truth." When their relationship gets more serious toward the end of the book, a new nanny is hired, and the female lead pursues other work and starts using money from her trust fund. The female lead finds out that her own mother was in a similar situation, becoming romantically and sexually involved with an employer. The mother says that she thought in retrospect that the employer's behavior was wrong, especially since he was already married. Worthy of note: there are non-specific discussions of two characters' pasts with intimate partner abuse.