Jocelyn Cherril had everything in the world to make for happiness, except what her heart most desired ---the love of Lucien Fitzgerald.

Perhaps because of the pain he constantly endured, Lucien seemed beyond the realms of normal human emotion, at least until beautiful, accomplished Wanda Hayward arrived in Ireland. It looked as though the lovely Wanda, who had been so much a part of Lucien's past life, were going to become part of his future too, thought Jocelyn as, with a breaking heart, she watched Wanda whisk Lucien off to London.

But things are not always what they seem, as Jocelyn eventually found to her joyous bewilderment.