Looking for Lucy explores the idea that our destiny is often met in the very paths we take to avoid it. It is a story of hope, redemption and courage, which strikes a fine balance between light romance and deeper, literary fiction. Ally McFerren is a journalist from New York City, visiting England to research a high-level conspiracy. To do so, she enlists the help of Charlie Sawyer, with whom she had once shared a romance that had never fully blossomed. Together, they set off to investigate allegations of murder against a member of the English aristocracy. In unearthing these dark secrets, Ally and Charlie are forced to confront their own failed relationship, and the much more sinister truth about Ally's forgotten childhood. After a life-threatening accident, a young Oxford student, Lucy Davenport, disappears without a trace. Now, two years later, she returns to her grand family home of Westbridge Hall, to arrange her mother's funeral, and claim a large inheritance.

Lucy's homecoming brings with it both romance and trouble, in the form of Patrick, her temperamental, hot-headed, Irish boyfriend. As her chaotic return to Westbridge unfolds, startling revelations about her past are revealed that force her to reassess life, love and relationships. Against this backdrop, the destinies of both characters converge, as both Ally and Lucy find love, discover their true identities, and in death, learn the nature of life.