When Jo Mackenzie's husband arrived home she was expecting him to tell her about his new job and where they would be moving next. What she wasn't expecting was for him to tell her that he'd been having an affair for the past year and that he wanted a divorce. He stormed out of the house and was killed in a car accident, leaving Jo with two young sons and very little money. To make a fresh start Jo sells their London home and moves to the Kent coast, where she takes over her grandmother's wool shop.