Depicts life in the house at Eaton Place, now inhabited by its new owners, Sir Hallam Holland, his wife lady Agnes, and his mother Maud. Focuses on the lives of the aristocratic family, who live upstairs, and their servants downstairs.

1950s London: newcomers arrive seeking a fresh start, some from further afield than India or Jamaica... Marooned in a time and place as alien as anything they've ever encountered, Steven and Sara face their greatest challenge: to live an ordinary life.

Now a well established household in the heart of London, life in Eaton Place has moved on; Lady Agnes and Sir Hallam's family is complete with the addition of two small children and London has settled into an uneasy peace with the apparent aversion of war. Yet below the surface of a well-run household, both upstairs and downstairs are harboring life-changing secrets. As romance, heartbreak and revelation engulf the household; its inhabitants discover...