The St. Aubyn family resides in Bastians, a sprawling 16th-century house on the Cornish coast, where writer Leah St. Aubyn lives with her husband Major Mallory and his three children from a previous marriage. Leah, who uses a wheelchair after saving the children from drowning, has become a beloved mother figure to them. As the children enter adulthood, they begin to form romantic relationships, Logan with Catherine Woolton and Jane with Dr. Simon Crowdy, which shakes up the dynamics within the family. The arrival of Leah's new secretary, Sherida Binyon, further complicates matters, revealing the true nature of their relationships.
The Sign of the Ram
A wheelchair-bound stepmother manipulates her stepchildren's romantic relationships, driven by her own feelings of inadequacy and a need to dominate her family.
