Petra Larson has returned from the America where she has spent the last two years recovering from the loss of the person she loved. Unable to face returning to familiar haunts and people she knew, Petra finds solace in a sleepy hamlet on the edge of the North Yorkshire moors. Soon after her arrival, she meets a mysterious older woman who soon casts her spell on Petra. All alone and fearful of forming further relationships, which might themselves end in tragedy, she buries herself in work at a nearby riding stables. As she tries to fit into the local community, Petra tries to come to terms with some unfinished business which continues to haunt her. As a result she blunders into a dangerous venture which has tragic results. It is while Petra is at the stables she meets a bright and stunning young teenager who is making her feel uncomfortable and uncertain about her feelings. When she then meets up with a man from a life she had left behind, her confusion increases. Later, after further tragic events unfold, she is left with little option but to leave and return to her previous life. Before she can do that, Petra knows she still has a choice to make. It is a choice which will change her own life for ever and all those around her.