Emma Burstall

Liz has found refuge in the small fishing village of Tremarnock and is happily married to village restaurant owner, Robert Hart. But strangers have bought the local guest house and seem to have big plans. Will these glamorous strangers fit into village life?

Esme Posorsky is an enigma. For as long as people can remember, she has been part of community life in the quaint Cornish fishing village of Tremarnock, but does anyone really know her? She is usually to be found working in her pottery studio or at home with her beloved cat, Rasputin. But when an old school friend turns up with a secret from the past, nothing will ever be the same again.

The Cornish fishing village of Tremarnock seems to have it all. Charming houses cluster round the harbour where fishermen unload their catch. Everyone knows everyone and mostly they look out for each other. But then beautiful Chabela Penhallow arrives for a holiday from Mexico to find out more about her Cornish ancestors, and rumours start to fly. Why has she really come? And what is she running from? Can the inhabitants of Tremarnock discover her secrets before their peaceful seaside village is thrown into turmoil?

Tremarnock is a classic Cornish seaside village where Liz has found sanctuary for herself and her young daughter, Rosie. Liz works all the hours God sends to provide for them both. But trouble is waiting just around the corner. As with all villages, there are tensions, secrets - and ambitions.

Bramble Challoner lives in the suburbs of London with her parents, works at the call centre down the road, and is dying for an adventure. So when her grandfather, Lord Penrose, dies and leaves his rambling house in Cornwall to her, Bramble packs her bags immediately. The sleepy village of Tremarnock had better be ready...