All she wanted was to start over.

The sensational press had ripped her character to shreds, blaming her for the drowning death of her famous fiance.

On an isolated Scottish island Sharon hoped to strengthen her broken spirit. There she met Calum Darwin and fell in love.

Then he recognized her and demanded proof against what he'd read about her. But her side of the story could not be revealed without hurting others, and thus it must remain untold--no matter what it cost her!

'No man is an island,' Sharon had reminded Calum - to which he had replied firmly, 'This man is.' Adding, 'A woman's love is something I don't need.'

And as Sharon had already vowed, after her disillusioning experience with Daryl Irwin, that never again was she going to be any man's puppet, it did seem the wisest thing was not to let herself fall in love with Calum. Especially as he persisted in believing all those lying stories about her....