Following the death of his wife, Daniel Marrack returns to the seaside town of Polnarren after twenty years absence. All he cares about is enjoying the Cornish air and looking after his kids, Abi and Brea. But unfinished business awaits him in the form of Susan, an old girlfriend. Whilst the pair struggle to hold back their feelings from each other, Susan's husband, Mark, is tempted by mysterious romance writer Angela Cole... If only life were as simple as sun, sea and surf for the Polnarren population!