| Summary: | This series sees the arrival of a dashing and elegant stranger in Candleford. Rich, enterprising, worldly and without a wife, James Dowling is a successful businessman with a string of London hotels, and has come to 'transform Candleford' and bring it new prosperity. But not everyone welcomes his entrepreneurial qualities. It isn't long before he is sparring with the spirited, yet suddenly, unusually, flustered Dorcas and aggravating the pride of the male Lark Risers with his superior business acumen and somewhat overbearing manner. James Dowland is the new man in town who takes the woes of the Lark Rise tenants under his wing. He also takes the heart of Dorcas Lane into his keeping, while putting Candleford on the map with the opening of a new hotel. Robert Timmins is suspicious of Dowland's motives, and is less than accepting of his financial help. Emma Timmins and the other Lark Rise tenants are, however, more than happy to see the return of a once Lark Rise boy. Meanwhile, Dorcas has her own heart strings pulled with her new maid, Minnie.
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