For widow,  Isabel Brakeford, life was to change dramatically when she and her teenage daughter,Tessa, visited the seaside home of her sister, Millie and her husband, Hubert.
It was there that by chance she bumped into Steven who, it transpired, was a former climbing pal of her late husband Henry and was with him and two others when Henry and another companion in the party die after tumbling into a crevasse. Their bodies were never recovered.
Isabel's son, Chris, is curious after seeing a postcard from Steve to his mother and they meet. It gives Chris a greater insight into his father's life and subsequently they visit the area of the tragedy in the Alps.
As time goes on, Isabel realises she is in love with Steve.