When twenty-four-year-old Eric Marshall arrives on Prince Edward Island to become a substitute
schoolmaster, he has a bright future in his wealthy family's business. Eric has taken the two-month teaching
post only as a favor to a friendbut fate throws in his path a beautiful, mysterious girl named Kilmeny Gordon.
With jet black hair and sea blue eyes, Kilmeny immediately captures Eric's heart. But Kilmeny cannot speak,
and Eric is concerned for and bewitched by this shy, sensitive mute girl. For the first time in his life, Eric must
work hard for something he wants badly. And there is nothing he wants more than for Kilmeny to return his love.