After spending several years in Denmark, where her architectural designs won many awards, Beth Dayton accepts her father's offer to return home to York and join the family firm. When they win an important contract to rebuild a town center, the proposed redevelopment faces strong opposition from an action group. Beth starts to feel extremely torn when her relationship with Peter Lambot, lawyer for the action group, develops. Should she stand by her father and compromise her own principles, or should she follow the man she has fallen in love with?