After her parents are killed in a road accident Delia Yebarras life is turned upside-down. At fifteen she leaves the rural Mexican village where she grew up to embark on a new life in America. Arriving at her wealthy Aunt Isabellas huge estate in Palm Springs California should be a dream come true for a simple country girl like Delia
- so why does it feel like a nightmare? Her aunt refuses to acknowledge Delias heritage relegating her to the servants quarters with a lecherous language tutor who is intent on exploiting the beautiful young foreigner. Her cousin Edward is kind but cousin Sophia is cruel manipulative & resentful of Delias sultry Latin looks. & just when Delia tries to embrace the life of an all-American girl a heartbreaking chain of events sends her spiralling back to a Mexico she hardly recognises.. .