When Chloe Cadwallader's beloved godmother Jocelyn dies, she leaves her a letter and a map of Britain, with the suggestion that she chuck in her job and boyfriend to embark on an adventure, a year speht travellingaround the four countries of the United Kingdom. Chloe's journey takes her to a farm deep into the Brecons - where she finds the best looking man she's ever laid eyes on - to an Irish estate owned by an autocratic despot, to the shores of Loch Lomond and, finally, back to Cornwall, home to a rather nice potter called William.