Sybil and Stephen have been in love since school days. Lebanon, Jamaica, is their home but while Stephen is from the Winslow family–the affluent, landed gentry–Sybil and her grandmother are land tenants. Matriarch, Eunice Winslow, considers Sybil too black, too poor and altogether wrong for her son. So, when classy, fair-skinned Claire Hastings arrives in Lebanon, Eunice forces Sybil out of town. On the heels of his girfriend’s disappearance, Stephen turns to Claire and they get married. But Claire hates country life. She wanders back to the city where she finds herself a new man–playboy–Clive Miller.Far away in Normanday, meanwhile, the exiled Sybil manages to rise above her pain. She becomes an outstandingly successfull business woman, while rejecting the advances of a would-be fiance. The passing of her grandmother propels Sybil back to Lebanon where Stephen, now a single father, waits. He wants to marry his sweetheart and this drives his mother wild.. Back on the warpath again, Eunice enlists the support of Claire, Stephen’s ex, in destroying his new relationship and his marriage plans.The story climaxes in a life-threatening stand-off involving Clive (Claire’s lover) and Stephen.Will true love survive this turmoil? Will the wronged girl find her happy-ever-after? . ……………………………….Read to find out…………………………….