Patsy Bowman is a newcomer to the market. Riddled with insecurities, her impudence and cheek win her friends and enemies alike. But it is her curiosity that soon starts to unravel secrets the Higginson sisters would much rather keep hidden. Fat and jolly, Molly Poulson hasn't a care in the world until both her daughters fall in love with the wrong young man. Molly is determined they see the error of their ways, but the more she interferes, the more complicated it gets. Belle Garside considers herself to be Queen of the market and when its existence is threatened by a housing development company, she has two choices - save the market, at whatever cost, or let the plan go ahead and make herself a large profit ...