Southampton, 1955. Spirited Bryony Travis loves her family but loathes their shady reputation. Bryony yearns for a life free from her father’s dodgy car dealings and has no interest in taking over the family business. When Bryony sells a car to a wealthy barrister, she meets his handsome son, James Hargreaves. He promises to show her a whole new side to life, from going to Royal Ascot, to dinner at the Savoy. Ignoring her mother’s warnings and her father’s threats, she is swept up in the world of dazzling high society circles. It seems that the life Bryony has always dreamed of is finally within her grasp. But under the veil of the glitz and glamour, a shadowy truth emerges: this perfect life may not be all it seems . . .