Resolute, successful and elegant, Frances Draper moves through life without actually touching it. Her constant companion and business partner in a bookshop, Samuel Tanner, enjoys a ‘hands-off’ relationship that suits them both—for their own individual reasons.

Samuel loves Frances and so do his parents. They would like to see their only son marry the woman they approve of and provide them with the grandchildren they crave—before it’s too late.

 Frances moves to a new apartment that is in the perfect location; it overlooks a beautiful park...