Secrets and hidden agendas lurk below the surface The time is post World War 2 Britain. A gender bias bank manager, a royal wedding and a communist gang, threaten Anna and Bill's new life as hoteliers. Daughter Isabelle joins Anna with innovative programs for the hotel guests, but her hidden flirtatious agenda complicates a fragile mother and daughter relationship and hovers on the edge of destroying her marriage. The experienced and skilled maître d' charms the guests but challenges, even frightens Anna. He has the darkest secret of all; a murderous secret, seeped with hatred and revenge. Will secrets rip open Anna's heart and shatter everything she holds dear?