When any long relationship ends, a period of turmoil always follows. For Sam Atherton, the end of his marriage of more than twenty years leaves him feeling lonely, bitter, confused and depressed and fearing the thought of having to start a new life for himself. However, as life often does, it can bring about changes suddenly. A small car accident in a car park results in someone entering his life and while certain he doesn’t need a woman in his life so soon, Gail has other ideas about that and sets her heart on him.

Then as he tries to find his feet again, Sam discovers that the trust he had in those close to him for many years may have been misplaced, and as his life unravels around him, he is faced with the harsh realities that can be created by those with revenge in mind. When Susannah, a woman he’d had a brief affair with more than ten years before contacts him again, his emotions become increasingly confused. Worse though is that he discovers that it is her husband who is now his own wife’s lover, and the reason for the bitter end to his marriage. 

With a vengeful ex-wife, who never forgave him for his indiscretion ten years before, and Gail, his new lover, plus a long forgotten mistress suddenly in his life again, Sam is in for a very rough time indeed.