A quintessentially English seaside village on the South-East coast is turned upside down when it suddenly becomes a fashionable resort.

Disreputable rakes, cynical Corinthians, and weary soldiers all come to mend their health and repair the damage that life or wicked existences have wrought. The crème de la crème of the ton take this charming village to their hearts and use the idyllic location as an escape from the madness of town life.

As for the ladies who live there and must deal with this sudden change to their quietly ordered lives, well, they are a force to be reckoned with, as those gentlemen are about to discover.