Sara Tempest has been alone since her husband died and daughters left home. But over the course of one summer she falls in love with the charming Bernard - years of heartache and loneliness finally behind her - and moves into his beautiful home on the wind-battered cliffs of Hastings. But soon she begins to wonder if Bernard is all he seems... He's barely in touch with his children. Stifling reminders of his wife appear everywhere Sara looks. And then comes Bernard's confession. All too quickly, Sara's newfound happiness starts to crumble around her.