Dover, 1940

As firebombs fall on Dover, Edie Castle's life is thrown into turmoil when the garage where she lives and works as a mechanic is damaged and her beloved boss is arrested.
With no job and nowhere else to go, Edie returns to Castle's Café and her formidable mother, Nellie. Living with her mother is never easy, but tensions reach boiling point when an old friend of Nellie's arrives looking for a place to stay.
Meanwhile, desperate to clear her boss's name, but struggling with demons of her own, Edie turns to Bill, Mr Pearson's nephew, for help. But a shocking tragedy brings long-buried memories to the surface, and as the café is engulfed in scandal, Edie realises that she can't trust anyone - not even her own mother . . .