Aisleen Fitzgerald flees a troubled past in Ireland when she sets sail for Australia. Her life has always been clouded by the legend of a rose-shaped birthmark on her hip, which marked her for a destiny as brilliant as those of her distant ancestors. Yet her "gift" failed when her heartless father commanded her to use it to save their beloved home, Liscarrol Castle.Now she is daring to dream of adventure, of excitement, and glory. What she dare not believe is that love awaits her in the blaze of a stranger's deep blue eyes.Joined in marriage with an Irish sheep rancher as untamed as the Outback, Aisleen must find a way back to being the wild-haired lass of her youth. Only then will she learn in his tempestuous embraces the secret of the legacy of the Rose.