Lowenna Ripley thought it safe to return to her native Polcarrow in Cornwall. After all, Jake Courtenay, the man who had shattered her idyllic girlhood ten years ago, was on the other side of the Atlantic. However, the past returns to haunt her when she discovers that Jake is the owner of the mysterious yacht in Polcarrow Bay. Jake finally helps Lowenna to exorcise her past but, as he does so, she discovers that she is in danger of losing her heart to him.