When lawyer Nick Pengelly sees a bewitching portrait in old Albert Tremayne's Truro studio, he believes he has found his destiny.

Then, at his brother's wedding, Nick meets Skye Tremayne Norwood – married daughter of the woman in the portrait – and falls almost instantly in love.

Skye's marriage is failing and she feels powerfully drawn to Nick, but when she is widowed just after they spend a solitary night together she is consumed by guilt.

Torn between her love for Nick and an uncertain future, Skye finds that advice from an unlikely and long-forgotten source, who may finally give her the answers she desires...