Sophie Deene is every bit her father's daughter proud, fiercely independent ... yet bound by the constraints of convention. When she takes over her father's copper mine upon his death and finds herself wildly attracted to the handsome, insolent Cornishman she has hired as foreman, she refuses to risk everything for an unsuitable marriage ... Embittered by past tragedy and burdened by dark secrets, Connor Pendarvis lives only to destroy the belle of Wyckerley. But even as he begins to tear apart Sophie's world, Connor find himself falling in love with her.. and fighting a passion that promises to enguld them both forever and ever ...