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Together, Clementine and Anthony Scarr had co-founded the school known as Florey Park on the headland. Then, after Anthony's tragic death in a car accident, Clemmie's priority changed to making sure his memory remained untarnished for their two daughters, Nina and Julia. Clemmie is delighted when her grown children return home - Nina due to a doomed love affair, whilst Julia's reason remains a secret - along with Julia's feisty daughter, Francesca. And then Nina meets Alex and the promise of a new relationship blossoms. But, outside the beautiful gardens of Rosemount, forces are shifting that will threaten their happiness.
With her wedding date fixed and her mother powering ahead with the preparations, Emily puts aside her niggling doubts about Simon and his refusal to talk about his past. Corinne is making the wedding dress, but she is a woman with problems of her own, not least her troubled relationship with her son Daniel and the terrible secret he has been keeping. It is Emily in whom he eventually confides as the two find themselves drawn inexorably together. Pulled in all directions, she is faced with a dilemma: her wedding day is fast approaching...
It is Christmas 1988. Meeting her son's girlfriend for the first time, Josie is shocked to discover that Alice is the daughter of Jack Sazzoni, a figure from her past. She and Jack had a fling but she married Ray instead. She has never forgotten Jack and she dreads meeting him again. After so many years, will they still feel the same? Jack's wife Valerie is also apprehensive about the meeting, uncomfortably aware that Jack married her on the rebound. But for the sake of their children's happiness, all involved have to try to put the past behind them. As Easter approaches, Josie and Ray are invited to the Sazzoni's beautiful house. Now, it is time for family secrets to be revealed.
After selling their town property for a big profit, Maddy and Ed are able to buy their dream house in the country. Maddy and the children set up home whilst Ed, a wine trader, has a flat in Manchester and visits at weekends. But Maddy's idyllic dream soon falters. When Jean, their previous neighbour, loses her home and seems to be penniless, Maddy invites her to stay. However, Jean proves to be the guest from hell. Maddy's dream of a perfect new lifestyle crumbles as she struggles to cope with feelings of guilt and suspicion, not knowing whom to believe as Jean makes incredible accusations against one of Maddy's new friends. And then Ed, barely coping with living on his own and fighting off the advances of the beautiful Alexandra, drops the bombshell...