'What about love?' London, Spring 1925, and E. M. Forster's poignant question from 'A Passage To India' is playing heavily on the mind of Annie Sancerre.
Her French husband was killed in the First World War before their son Davie was born, and since then the young widow has put the boy first in everything. Her motherly instincts now tell her that Davie, at ten years old, would benefit from having a father, and when Fergus Cameron proposes to her, Annie knows that he can offer them both comfort and security.
Annie, however, feels there must be more to life than just safety and good sense. And when she and Davie bump into Richard Ross near their home in Kew, her instincts are proved correct. Richard, a lawyer who practices in London and Paris, has an easygoing charm and she agrees, at his insistence, to become his wife.
But shortly afterwards she wonders if there was more to their original chance meeting than she thought - does Richard know more about her past than she does?
