Polly Conway, wife of Dominic Manone is bored by her overprotective husband and finds distraction in a dangerous affair. Dominic's gangster father draws him into a drastic venture involving a sinister go-between, Penny Weston and unimaginable fortune in forged banknotes.
Babs, has her hands full keeping her demanding brood in line and her daft fast-talking husband Jackie out of jail. Only young Rosie appears to have found peace in Shelby's Bookshop, until she encounters Kenneth MacGregor, a handsome young policeman.
Polly finds herself threatened from all sides until she is finally forced to choose between her sisters, her husband and her own unfulfilled ambitions and desires.