When Laura returns to the charming Hampshire village of Tillingham where she grew up, to care for her grandmother's pets, Tibbles the cat and the Coronation Chickens, whilst Granny's in Sorrento, she's dismayed to find that A Little Treat, the village stores and teashop she loved as a girl, is about to close down. Unless the villagers can club together to buy it and turn it into a community shop, it will become another Airbnb and the heart will go out of Tillingham.

According to Tatler's Little Black Book, The Honourable Guy Tillingford is Britain's twenty-ninth most eligible bachelor, after the Marquess of Granby and grime artist Tornado. With a seven-year-old daughter, Hatty, to care for, studious divorcee Alice Merrow doesn't have time for celebrity gossip. When Alice and her flamboyant boss, Desmond Kingston-Campbell, realise that everything – and everyone – at Tillingford Hall are not as they seem, their discoveries could tear the Tillingford family apart.

Charlotte Patcham's dream job running the Bath Physick Garden has turned into a nightmare: the underfunded garden has become a target for vandals, and her career and her social life are succumbing to mildew. So why does she hesitate to take the job of Head Gardener at Hampshire's famous Tillingford Hall? But when fate pushes Charlie towards Tillingford Hall can she learn to work alongside Seb so they can get everything ready for the public in time for the opening Christmas concert?

Sahara Seaton-Smyth’s life is in disarray. Her modelling career has stalled; her ex, James, is never coming home; her beloved brother Seb is moving out; and the local vet has persuaded her to adopt a demanding orphaned piglet called Muffin.To top it all, Sahara’s closest friend, Guy Tillingford, is losing his calm. In the run-up to the opening gala ball, Tin Tub Productions are filming a documentary about his crumbling country mansion, Tillingford Hall. Although he’s thrilled to be a first-time dad, his fiancée Alice’s due date is worryingly close to the big night.