After Rebecca's mother dies, the young woman must to vacate the dwelling is also to come to terms with the loss. While browsing your mother's mail, however, she is interested in the envelope. There is a letter in it, which will change lives is forever. Olivia, Rebecca's mother's elderly cousin, you need help to save your favorite home. Rebecca is at a crossroads in life and decides that a walk in Cornwall on a rescue mission will work well. There is no special house full of secrets - treasures on the ceiling, paintings by an artist and a sinister tunnel, water from the cellar to the sea. Rebecca sets about rebuilding the home, but as she washes away the layers of paint and dirt, she reveals even more buried secrets - secrets from the time World War II raged, when Olivia was young, and when romance, and danger lurks around every corner ... The Sea Gate is a large-scale and utterly enchanting display of the courage of a young woman sent in the face of war; a woman who is ready to do anything to protect those she loves.