This book is set in 1798 in Cornwall. Amelia has turned her life around. The love of her life Edmund Melville, a midshipman in the navy has been declared as missing - she has even been told he may be dead. She is devastated. Now, eighteen months on she has found a new man in her life, Luke Bohenna. But things are about to change. It is her twenty fifth birthday and she is finally happy. But she received a rather unexpected gift. She gets a letter from Edmund. He is alive and is coming home. But where has he been and what has made him be presumed missing for all this time? Amelia doesn't know what to do. She used to love Edmund even though her love for him never truly died, but now she loves Luke. It is unclear at first with her doubts in her mind but she eventually decides to let Luke go. She knows her duty must be to Edmund and she decides to help him get better. But the truth finally rears it's ugly head and Amelia is yet again torn, she has to make the decision- does she let Edmund go for good and get Muke back or does she stay tormented for the rest of her life with a man she finds she really doesn't know. A brilliant book I just couldn't put down.