Newly qualified solicitor Helen Martin has just moved to a new area to start a job in an old-fashioned family firm, hoping to escape the problems of her past. Here she meets Peter, who has a story of his own; but they soon discover that the past has a habit of throwing obstacles in the way. And while the senior partner of Helen's firm struggles when his estranged son reappears, it seems that the lovebirds' paths might already be more intertwined than...