Portugal, 1872 An aristocrat haunted by his sins… After losing his bride to a hated Englishman, Pedro Daun shuts himself in his winemaking property. Drowning in port wine, he hopes to find oblivion from his murky past in Mozambique. A girl with dawn in her eyes… Kind and whimsical, Anne Maxwell moves to the Douro to help her new sister-in-law. She dreams of finding the perfect suitor to give her the unconditional love she never had. Shadows can taste light… A twist of fate brings them together. Anne glimpses in Pedro’s topaz eyes a yearning for love that rivals her own, but the cynic Fidalgo isn’t the perfect prince of her dreams. Pedro craves Anne’s touch more than the air he breathes, but he is unwilling to soil his angel with the secrets from his past. A conspiracy is revealed… An accusation of regicide turns them into fugitives. Running from a treacherous enemy, they plunge into an ocean of intrigue to prove Pedro’s innocence. As their passion grows, Anne understands that love isn’t the perfect matter of fairy tales. But can Pedro forgive himself for his past sins?