A wonderful novel that pulsates with drama and heartache.You're everything to me. I'd have to lose my life before I'd lose you.This is the vow Silas made to Cathleen on the day he asks her to marry him. Throughout their childhood, the love between Silas and Cathleen has grown stronger and now, in 1900, they start to plan a life together. But a jealous woman is determined to ruin their happiness and uses Silas's father to do so. As a dutiful son, Silas has no choice but to obey his father, and Cathleen must pay the bitter price. Separated, each is swept to a place where it seems there is no love or peace, and no way back.