Georgie Mair's idyllic life in Glasgow is shattered by the death of her beloved husband, John. It's Georgie's close-knit family who helps her get through that terrible time. But three years after John's death, love comes once more into Georgie's life. Charlie Gunn saves her life after an explosion in the factory where they work. As their relationship blossoms into marriage, it seems to Georgie that this second chance is almost too good to be true. It is. And soon Georgie finds herself shocking her staid community when she separates from Charlie. Soon things change yet again for Georgie when she meets Bill Bailey. He is everything Charlie was not. But will she find with Bill the same kind of bliss she had found with John? Or will this third bite at the cherry be something completely different?