The spirited and impulsive Charlotte Heywood moves from her rural home to Sanditon, a fishing village attempting to reinvent itself as a seaside resort.
Charlotte returns to Sanditon and is forced to confront her feelings for Colbourne. Georgiana, meanwhile, must fight in court to keep her inheritance while Edward tries to convince them that he is a changed man despite Augusta Markham's fortune that is making his head spin. Between marriages, plots and betrayals, will the inhabitants of Sanditon find peace, happiness and love?