It's the end of the road for Matt and Lauren Silver's tempestuous marriage. Matt is away from home. Again. Away from Lauren and their twin daughters. Tonight Lauren will take their children and leave him, and when Matt comes home early, he finds Lauren is ready to go. Losing control, he bundles the children into his car and speeds away into the night. The tragedy that follows will haunt the survivors for ever. Lauren, crushed by guilt, takes refuge in drink.

Her daughter, Freya, is so emotionally scarred that no one can reach her. No one except Sam Cobb, a man struggling with his own demons - and losing. When he reluctantly enters their shattered world he brings hope. Hope of recovery. Hope of reconciliation. Hope of redemption. But there comes a time when hope alone is not enough.