Fran March's life in the idyllic village of St Ceridwen's Well is coming up roses. Almost. If only teenage daughter Rosie wasn't so curious about her real father, and if husband Mal paid a little more attention to her, everything would be bliss. But then a face from her past turns her world upside down - the handsome TV gardener Gabriel Weston, currently restoring the village's stately home. And when Fran's ex-boyfriend Tom appears, it seems that all the ghosts of her romantic past are back to haunt her. Can Fran keep Rosie's paternity under wraps? why is Mal acting so oddly? And will Fran ever learn that every rose has its thorn...?