Kristina Bennett is twenty-six years old, single, and living and working in the Home Counties of England. Kristina ought to be happy but she is not: she wants a job that has prospects, and she yearns for excitement and for love. When she is invited to see a solicitor, and there is talk of a secret benefactor, Kristina cannot believe her luck. But there are many surprises still to come. Family secrets, buried for many years, are revealed. Kristina travels to Colorado in the USA, and among the rugged scenery finds another, older secret. And to add to the mix of excitement and family travail there is the question of love. Will Kristina find her destiny in the arms of the man she loves?