Connie and Richard

Connie and Richard Merriton find themselves separated with one living in Mexico and the other living in New York City. Each of them has a secret or two that comes back to haunt them in this volume. Many of their hopes and dreams seem impossible now, and they are uncertain as to whether or not they will ever reunite.

Connie's parents, Roberto and Maria Bernato, welcome their daughter and granddaughter, Margarita to their home, even though they suspect marital problems are the reason rather than just a friendly visit. The town of La Fuente is as beautiful and serene as always, and it has, if anything, continued to grow more prosperous since Connie left a year earlier. But her old flame, Hector Arroya, is still living on a ranch nearby, after inheriting all of his family's vast fortune, is still unmarried and still very much in love with Connie. Will he allow the woman he's dreamed of for so many years to simply walk away again? Or will he do something drastic to keep her?

Meanwhile, Richard Merriton has been no saint while in New York City. It's a commonly held fact among the high society set that Richard has been having an affair with one of their own - a woman he knew in his youth and was set to marry after returning from Mexico. When he returned to New York already married and with a young daughter, this set wheels into motion that started an illicit relationship that should've never been - and rolled into events that caused anger and hatred of such depth that no level of revenge was too horrible.