1940. Wounded and guilt-ridden, war hero Archie Maxwell returns to Rossilie, his beautiful family estate in Argyll, where he finds himself in the uneasy company of his father’s young new wife – and his own nightmares. 1965. In the Newfoundland fishing harbour of Heart’s Repose, eleven-year-old Eva Bayne strikes up an unlikely friendship with the local outcast, Tam Nairn. But against the threat of change, and the hostility of Tam’s son, suspicions flare – until a crisis threatens to rip all their lives apart. 1980. The disappearance of Rossilie’s heir has cast a shadow over the Maxwell family for almost 40 years. When Eva, now a fledgling journalist, is drawn into the mystery, the glimpse of an old photograph unlocks painful childhood memories. Will the past give up its secrets?