Helen Fox and her bon viveur husband Harry are the toast of the Bristol set in the years immediately following the Great War; popular successful and blessed with three charming though wilful children. Harry's family own Fox Bay a hotel and private beach on the South Devon coast. Harry and Helen often bring large groups of friends down to stay and their reputation for entertaining becomes legendary. But in 1920 their world is shattered. Following a disastrous investment in a shipping company an investment suggested by his best friend and unable to regain his lost wealth and social standing Harry falls into a decline which soon spells tragedy and financial ruin for his family. Their future and that of the family hotel is set to become extremely complicated.

Part of the The Fox Bay Saga Series series.