Nick HartleyÕs business is failing and his relationship with Jenny is stale but the will to turn his life around has gone missing. Simon HartleyÕs sanity has been questioned for years, but no one doubts the craziest thing heÕs ever done is entering politics, as a candidate in a local by election. Benita Hartley is a well-known sexologist embarking on a new project to write a book on her specialist subjectÉ but her lack of experience is beginning to make her occupation difficult. HoweÕs Law is the story of the Hartley family and how their lives change in ways they didnÕt plan and certainly didnÕt expect. Just like HoweÕs Law says Ð every man has a plan that will not work.