In a gorgeous quay-side hotel in Cornwall, the long weekend is just beginning... Claire Marlowe owns The Townhouse by the Sea with Luca, the hotels charismatic chef. She ensures everything runs smoothly - until an unexpected arrival checks in and turns her whole world upside down. And the rest of the guests arrive with their own baggage. Theres a couple looking for distr In a gorgeous quay-side hotel in Cornwall, the long weekend is just beginning... Claire Marlowe owns The Townhouse by the Sea with Luca, the hotels charismatic chef. She ensures everything runs smoothly - until an unexpected arrival checks in and turns her whole world upside down. And the rest of the guests arrive with their own baggage. Theres a couple looking for distraction from a family tragedy; a man trying to make amends for an affair he bitterly regrets . . . and the young woman who thinks the Cornish village might hold the key to her past. Here are affairs of the heart, secrets, lies and scandal - all wrapped up in one long, hot weekend.