Athene Forster embraced the sixties like few others. Nicknamed the Last Deb, she is spoilt, beautiful, and out of control. And within two years of her mariage, the rumours have begun again.
Thirty-five years on, Suzanna Peacock finds refuge from her mother's shameful legacy in her shop, the Peacock Emporium. Within its magical walls she discovers not just friendship, and an excape from her troubled marriage, but the first real passion of her life.
But, the spectre of Athene still haunts her, setting in place a series of dramatic events. Only by confronting the past will Suzanna finally be able to face the future
