"It's been years since Zoe Fairchild has been to the small Devon village of her birth, but the wounds she suffered there still ache. When she learns that her old friend and grandmother's caretaker has gone missing, Zoe and her fifteen-year-old daughter return to England to help. Zoe dreads seeing her estranged mother, who left when Zoe was seven to travel the world. As the four generations of women reunite, the emotional pain of the past is awakened....

When famed chef Augustus Beauvais dies, four women--his ex-wife, her daughter, his estranged daughter and his latest girlfriend--must rely on family, friendship and inner strength when the circumstances surrounding Augustus's death are called into question.