1855, Isle of Skye. Christy Macleod will never forget her fiftheenth birthday, the day lost her mother and her home. As the smoke from burning cottages drifts over the rugged landscape of Skye, she comforts her young siblings. It is now up to her to keep her family alive. Within weeks, Christy and her family are bound for a new life on the other side of the world - their destination: Launceston, Tasmania. There Christy meets Hans Muller and dares to dream of a better future. But his parents don't approve of the blossoming romance, and Hans is sent away. Will the two ever be reunited, or are they destined to become star-crossed lovers, kept apart by family duty?