Orphaned Mark Browning was only twenty when he renounced his father''s fortune and sailed to Savannah, his mother''s birthplace . . . and the home of two remarkable women.

The first is Eliza McQueen Mackay, his mentor''s beautiful wife, whom Mark loves with a deep, pure love that can never be spoken. The other is lovely young Caroline Cameron, whose life is blighted by a secret that has tormented her grandparents for half a century—a secret that affects Mark more closely than he imagines.

Desiring one woman, loved by another, Mark must confront the ghosts of a previous generation, and face the evil smoldering hate, before he can truly call Savannah his home.