Heather Martin thought the old Gypsy's prediction, that she'd marry a tall, dark stranger, was just a fortune-telling cliche. Besides, the only "dark stranger" she'd met lately was the overbearing Nick Antonovic, whose son Branko had developed a fervent crush on on his ESL teacher at his school in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. . He precipitated a crisis by fastening a "marriage bracelet" to her wrist, one she couldn't remove because of a hidden clasp, one that belonged to his dead mother, the Gypsy Ibra, whose hold on Nick's heart seemed undiminished. When Branko disappeared, Heather had to find him and fight her love for Nick.