A spellbinding saga from a true storyteller - When Catherine Rodriguezs father marries and her mother commits suicide, she is sent to live with her aunt above the rich vineyards of the Douro valley in Portugal. When Catherines ruthless father, Walter Shellard, reappears, he presumes shes malleable. But Catherine has never forgotten her mother, and never forgiven him for marrying someone else. One day she will have her revenge . . .