The latest novel in the Badgers Brook saga Meriel Evans has worked for her father's estate agency since leaving school. She is happy, but knows it is time for her to follow her own path. She finds a new position but quickly realizes the owner, George Dexter, and her father dislike each other intensely. Neither will explain why. Their quarrel is so bitter it results in a secret from the past being revealed; one which threatens to destroy Meriel's family.