When a young woman and her family assist some people who have a carriage accident, she is invited to Sanditon. She is suddenly thrust into a center of conflict where her new acquaintance is trying to build a development of businesses and living quarters, but needs funding from a matriarch and a rather severe brother. She watches from a distance as the family vies for the old lady's money. She is in the driver's seat and uses her power to make them miserable.