High above the storm-ravaged Cornish coast, Carnecrane, ancestral home of the proud Cremyllas family, stood waiting... waiting for Carmella--waif, child-woman, impetuous actress--to play out her greatest role.

Green eyes flashing, she yearned for the gentle fair-haired son, but it was the dark brooding master who followed her along the towing cliffs and set her untamed soul on fire.