On the voy age home to the Azores Islands, Eva accepts the pagan name of Arethusa but learns too late that her life will mir ror the Greek nymph's tragic end. Her mother reveals that her des tiny lies with Diogo, the shipowner's volatile son. But Eva has a vision of another... When the ship founders in a storm off the coast, Tristan, a local boy, saves her life and steals her heart. Destined to be with Diogo yet aching for Tristan's for bid den love, Eva must some how choose between them, or fate will choose for her.