Merham is a stuffy seaside town, the kind of village in which everyone knows her placeand those who dont are promptly put in it. Lottie Swift, a Londoner by birth, loves Merham, while her best friend, Celia, chafes against its constraints. When a group of bohemians descend upon Arcadia, the unusual Art Deco house set high above the seaside cliffs, the two young women are drawn into a world neither one of them could have dreamed.Years later, Daisy Parsons, abandoned by her husband, finds refuge in the now empty house. But destiny intervenes and Arcadia once again is the catalyst for romance and redemption.Vivid and absorbing, Windfallen will win the hearts of a new generation of women everywhere.