On a happy expedition to choose her wedding dress, accompanied by her fiance Miles and her parents, Helen Wilson's life changed, suddenly and without warning. A devastating car crash left her with only memories to console her. Yet as she came to terms with her loss, she discovered that Miles had kept something from her which made her see him in a very different light. She moved to Flatners, a cottage on Stormy Point overlooking the Bristol Channel, and with her new friends - kind, pretty Peggy and her small daughter Rosie - living next door, Helen settled into an existence she could never previously have imagined. She became caught up in the problems of Dorry, a young woman whose client she had been, and while encouraging Peggy's developing relationship with Joshua, a social worker, Helen became aware of her own complex feelings towards Harry Vallender, the previous owner of Flatners. arry had a very special reason for wanting - and needing - to know Helen. In the aftermath of death, tragedy, and lives turned upside down, love tentatively began to flower...