Hearts and Bones series one is a seven-part one-hour drama which explores the lives, loves and careers of a group of friends from Coventry who all move to London. Emma is in a seven year relationship with Mark Rose, with whom she has a son Sam. She marries him although she loves his brother Rich-a butcher. Rich lives with his girlfriend Louise who is a hairdresser but he finds the temptation of a dalliance with Emma hard to resist especially when his relationship with Louise comes under strain when Louise's mother becomes ill. There is also Emma's best pal Amanda who's single since splitting up with her investment banker boyfriend Michael; Romance novel writer Sinead is besotted with Mark but turns to the Internet for love when he marries Emma. Series two picks up the story three months on. Mark has left and
Emma and Rich haven't spoken since their affair. Emma is being shunned by Michael and Sinead. Michael is once more estranged from Amanda. Only Emma, Amanda and Louis
