It was as if the island were under a spell, causing the past to live there mingled with the present. The men and women who ruled over Great Oaks felt the past clinging to their destinies, urging them on to great adventure and undying passion. When Diana de Gisbourne first saw Thomas Kirk, she felt as if they could have met a thousand years before on the silent white beach. And, above all, she knew with all her heart they would someday be together, no matter how violently fate might thrust them apart ...