Flora Stanza has sub-let her London life in a bid to join the family antiques business. Her knowledge of antiques comes straight from day-time TV, but what she lacks in experience she makes up for in blind enthusiasm. But instead of a warm country welcome, Flora's curt, conservative cousin Charles and his fiancee Annabelle seem determined to send her packing. Stuck with a cat about to burst with kittens, Flora has little choice but to accept the offer to stay in an abandoned holiday cottage miles from any neighbours, let alone a trendy wine bar. And between fighting off dinner invitations from the devastatingly handsome Henry, and hiding her secret eco-friendly lodger, William, Flora soon discovers country life is far from dull as she sets about rebuilding the crumbling business ...