Riley Owen, a bodyguard, is tasked with protecting Lady Anjali Cassley from a ghost. Despite the fact that the job seems ridiculous, he decides to accept it.

Long-forgotten scandals from the Aird clan's ancestral history continue to be exposed, and the chain of revelations reaches a shocking conclusion.

At her boat sale, Anna Williams unexpectedly meets the attractive lawyer Peter Morisson. In their youth, they had a brief, passionate affair in Australia. Since then they have lost sight of each other, but never forgotten each other. Now that they have found each other again, their feelings for each other flare up again. Anna and Peter decide to see each other again. But disaster is brewing in Anna's family. The very young Evita suddenly appears at Anna's mother Louisa Holmes' house. She is the daughter of Louisa's husband Ernest and his young mistress. Shocked by this encounter, Louisa has a car accident and has to be nursed because of her injuries. Her son Winston, Anna's younger brother and "mummy's boy", takes care of everything - as always. But Anna also has to lend a hand, because her mother lives alone on a large estate. This leaves her little time for Peter.

Abbey Norton, daughter of a wealthy British family, and Greg Dukakis, son of Greek immigrants, who have wanted nothing more to do with each other since their messy break-up, meet again as rival candidates for the House of Commons election in the same constituency. As if that wasn't punishment enough, Abbey's mother and Greg's father reveal to the perplexed ex-couple that they are getting married. After the death of Leo's wife, the conservative, aristocratic Gwen and the Greek immigrant met and fell in love in a choir. Gwen and Leo's wedding would turn their estranged ex-partners into stepsiblings. An idea that deeply displeases both of them, as they have not yet overcome the injuries they inflicted on each other when they separated. Abbey and Greg try to talk their parents out of the wedding by any means necessary.

Annabelle Rosewood has turned her hobby into a profession: she auctions off stranded suitcases at airports and then has them opened on her own TV show and tells the stories behind them. Unexpectedly, an unusual piece of luggage ends up on Annabelle's show. When it is opened, valuable designer clothes and precious pieces of jewelry are revealed. Things that are not normally found in lost suitcases. But the owner doesn't get in touch, so Annabelle sets off on her own initiative to find the owner. She is assisted by Elsa, a self-proclaimed fashion expert. A clue that the suitcase could belong to the deceased writer Elizabeth Marlowe leads the two women to Thomas, a shy writer. He is Elizabeth Marlowe's great-grandson and lives in seclusion on the Cornish coast. Annabelle is immediately fascinated by him. But when she learns that Thomas is in a committed relationship, Annabelle recalls her resolution to remain single.

Finally the time has come. During the holidays, Christabel, who is studying in the USA, travels to her parents. To her parents' surprise, she is joined by her future husband, Nigel. When the wedding preparations are in full swing, she meets her childhood friend Sam and realizes that she feels more for him than friendship. Suddenly Christabel is no longer sure who her heart beats for.

The young bookseller Rebecca Bayliss was setting up her new apartment in London when she received news of her mother Lisa's serious illness. Rebecca rushed off to her mother in Ibiza and heard the terrible news: leukemia. During the last hours together, Lisa Bayliss tells her daughter the truth about her origins.

After a painful divorce, fashion designer Christina Tolliver quits her job and moves to Dorset. Her new neighbor, the charming forest manager Stephen McDowell, helps Christina move in. Juliet jealously watches as the two grow closer. Stephen was briefly involved with Juliet, the wife of his critically ill employer, Jonathan Pierce. When he finds out about their affair, a momentous argument ensues.

The young Prue Shackleton travels from London to Cornwall to visit her beloved aunt Phoebe, who has just become a widow. On the train she meets Charlotte, a sad little girl who comes from a broken home.

Caroline Cilburn and her 11-year-old brother Jody have lived with their stepmother Diana in London since their father died. Her older brother Angus works on an oil rig off the west coast of Scotland. Jody misses his big brother very much and tries to persuade Caroline to visit Angus in Scotland. In fact, Caroline and Jody soon make their way to their unsuspecting brother in a borrowed car.

For the young, ambitious journalist Julia, her job and "enjoying life" are currently the top priorities. There's no place for men – until the day young Miles comes into her life.