Summertime 1939: After touring an unsettled Europe to promote her latest reserve, Romily Temple returns home to Isle House as well as the like of her life, Jack port Devereux. But when Jack port falls sick, his estranged family members are known as to his bedside. With battle now declared, each member of the family is reluctantly forced to accept their new stepmother and confront their personal shortcomings. But can Romily cope with the life that has been so unexpectedly thrust upon her?