Derek Noble’s coach holiday to Tenhamshire in Driven to Distraction proved rather eventful. Two years on, he and Angela are trying to put her past behind them as they embark on a new life together in the county where they fell in love. True love never runs smoothly though, especially when you find yourself sharing your new home with the in-laws. Derek’s mum, Ursula, who’s looking for a new apartment nearby, doesn't know the truth about Angela’s life before she met her son but the arrival of Angela’s crooked father, Bert brings the past closer to the surface. Why won’t Derek tell his mother the truth? Angela fears he hasn’t truly accepted it himself which puts a strain on their fragile relationship. Not that Angela is averse to a bit of deception either. No one at the auction house where she works knows how she used to earn her living. How far will she go to protect her new life when someone from her old one reappears on the scene? Angela’s friend, Margaret is enjoying a fresh start in the county as well. A fellow passenger on that eventful coach trip, she is now running an exclusive retirement home where Derek tends the gardens and her mother, Dora runs amok, spying on the nursing staff and slipping syrup of figs into the gravy. But it’s not only Angela with a secret that could threaten the future happiness of the newest inhabitants of Tenhamshire. Why does Dora pass out when a new resident arrives at the Home? Why won’t Ursula ever talk about the death of Derek’s father and why is Derek himself secretly visiting his ex-wife, Leanne? When the past hasn’t been settled right it can return to haunt you. Old sins cast long shadows.