In Devon for a family reunion, Nicki Bennett hopes to spend time with her increasingly frail father. But her stepmother Gee, and Gee's son Leo, involve her in a scheme to buy the old mill and waterwheel where she had spent many happy hours—and where she had her first kiss with Leo, her childhood sweetheart. The mill is precious to her and she fears for its future if Gee and Leo's plan succeeds. The owner of the mill, sculptor Robert Armstrong, seems to understand her feelings. She is powerfully attracted to him, but Leo makes it clear that he wants to rekindle their old affair. When another potential buyer appears, Nicki is relieved—until she realises that, Robert, not the mill, is the real prize. Can Nicki's dreams of the mill—and Robert—ever come true?