Píše se rok 1935. Bella Porterová živoří v područí vypočítavého bratrance Thomase. Když se na ni usměje štěstí a nečekaně zdědí dům v Lancashiru,⁠ snaží se ji příbuzný o majetek bezostyšně připravit. Ona se mu ale vzepře a najde odvahu se osamostatnit.Není to však vůbec snadné. Starý dům stojí v chudé čtvrti a podvodný správce Welch ho celý pronajal jako byty. Hodní lidé pomáhají Belle postavit se na vlastní nohy a její sebevědomí pomalu roste. A když potká Ryana, začíná dokonce doufat, že by snad mohla mít i rodinu, o jaké vždycky snila.Jenže ani Thomas, ani Welch se s tím, že by jim kdokoli – natož žena – odporoval, nehodlají jen tak smířit. V sázce je nejen Bellino nově nalezené štěstí, ale i holý život. Podaří se jí uhájit své právo na spokojenost a dosáhne konečně svého snu?

In the quiet of the Wiltshire countryside, Maggie Hatherall, full of life despite her advancing years, is worried about what she is going to do with her two-hundred-year-old home. Newcomer Lucia Grey has escaped a bad marriage but her ex is reluctant to let her go. For architect Corin Drayton, an unexpected inheritance is the start of a complicated family wrangle but it does mean he stumbles upon Larch Tree Lane, hidden among the rolling hills.From the cottages and farms to the local shop, pub and old manor house, residents' lives are set to intertwine, relationships bloom and both romance and heartache lie ahead.

Ellen Dawson is glad when the Great War ends, but sad that Lady Bingram's aides are to be disbanded. She can't bear to go back into service again after working as a driver and mechanic in London.But she is forced by her mother's illness to accept her old position as housemaid in order to stay in the small Lancashire town, and her stepfather will stop at nothing to get her under his control again. Meanwhile, Seth Talbot is also facing difficulties when he takes over as local policeman in a town where the law has been flouted for years ...