In the summer of 1952 two people arrive in the pretty seaside hamlet ofWest Bay, Dorset to start a new life. Kathy Wilson dreams of turning thederelict Barden House into a home free of the pain she suffered back inLondon. As the summer stretches before her, she watches her cherisheddream take glorious shape - though she grows curious about the lonelywanderer who strolls the beach below her window day and night. His name isTom Arnold. He also seeks refuge in West Bay, needing a place to hide whenthe life he knew was brutally destroyed by tragedy. He cannot forget theterrible events that robbed him of his family. Drawn to this aloof loner,Kathy feels a bond forming that will radically change them both. But theshadows and secrets that haunt Tom and Kathy will not easily be dismissed.And as two wounded people try to find the courage to open their hearts tolove, the past threatens their fragile new beginning...