Sara Tempest never expected to meet a man like Bernard. Charming and captivating, over the course of one hot summer he and Sara fall desperately in love. Without a second's thought, Sara moves into his beautiful home on the wind-battered cliffs of Hastings, ready for her new life to begin. But soon she begins to wonder if Bernard is all he seems . . . He's barely in touch with his children. Stifling reminders of his late wife appear everywhere Sara looks. And then comes Bernard's confession.