In a small provincial town, almost nothing has changed over the past century and a half. The two richest and most powerful families, the Grangers and the Bollingers, are still at odds. The flame of their hatred still smolders, only slightly muffled by the civilization of our days. But one day everything changes. Because Shelley Granger returns to the town - the woman whom Sloane Bollinger once loved - and continues to love now with the same intensity of passion...