Actress Caroline Fawley is enjoying life in her new role as 'the mistress of Alderley. Her TV work made her popular and she laps up the attention she receives from her new neighbours in the small Yorkshire village of Marsham, whilst the romantic weekend visits from her lover, supermarket owner Marius Fleetwood, certainly provide the locals with something to gossip about. But Caroline's idyllic life is soon to change when a night out at the opera takes an unexpected course...