Susana Casais never claim to be beautiful or intelligent or anything that might get others to notice her. For an introvert like Susana, attention of any kind was a big no. She like her list of daily routines which laid out the ground rules of what need to be done that particular day. But nothing on the list has prepare her for the "take no prisoners." Alpha male from Jersey and his daughter.

                                Years ago, Derrick George lost the love of his life and the mother of his preteen daughter Marie in a tragic road accident.  Hoping for some kind of closure, Derrick decides to visit his cousins Febronia, Julia and Holly in Ardura. Love is the last thing he expects to find along the quaint Galician seacoast. Certainly, not with the 'afraid of her own shadow' storyteller.

                               Opposite do attract. Much to the delight of their families and friends and especially Emily, Derrick's daughter. But there is one person who is not happy with the new couple. She will stop at nothing in her quest to destroy Susana's growing relationship with Derrick