In a gorgeous quay-side hotel in Cornwall, the long weekend is just beginning ...Claire Marlowe owns `The Townhouse by the Sea` with Luca, the hotel`s charismatic chef. She ensures everything runs smoothly - until an unexpected arrival checks in and turns her whole world upside down. And the rest of the guests arrive with their own baggage. There`s a couple looking for distraction from a family tragedy; a man trying to make amends for an affair he bitterly regrets ...and the young woman who thinks the Cornish village might hold the key to her past. Here are affairs of the heart, secrets, lies and scandal - all wrapped up in one long, hot weekend.