"A moving story of passion and choices" set in early twentieth-century Cornwall (Holly Kinsella, bestselling author of Uptown Girl).

The year is 1902, and for Katherine Johnson, life is going nowhere. Residing in a cottage on the coast of Cornwall with her aunt and uncle, she has spent her whole life trapped in drawing rooms and dinner parties.

That is, until her twentieth birthday. First her aunt and uncle present her with a beautiful jewelry box, but do not explain its significance. Then she meets a stranger on the Cornish beach, and her life will never be the same again. Katherine falls in love with the gypsy Kane, and marries him in secret—her family does not accept him.

As Katherine finally learns the truth behind her jewelry box, she realizes her life and Kane's are more closely intertwined than they could ever have imagined—but, forbidden to see him, she may not be able to reconcile her family and her love . . .