When Frances, recovering from a broken love affair, moves with her mother to lonely Beck Farm in the Yorkshire Dales, she is hoping to turn it into a thriving guesthouse. The villagers are friendly and she is made aware of the mystery surrounding the previous owner of her house, Ben Thornton. As Frances brings both the ancient house and its magnificent apple tree back to life, she finds out more about the house and its previous occupants - and at the same time begins to rebuild her own life.