1935 Ceylon. Louisa Reeve is the daughter of a sapphire trader and her husband Elliot works in the gem trade as well. The couple have been happily married for years despite struggling with miscarriages and a stillbirth. Louisa and Elliot cope in their own ways, Louisa by keeping busy with various projects and Elliot by thrill-seeking. Elliot is increasingly absent from home, spending time at a cinnamon plantation he has invested in.
The night of their anniversary party, Elliot is absent and the police arrive to say he died in a car accident. Wrought with grief, Louisa delves into Elliot's affairs and discovers a pile of debts, investments that never were, and a death that may not have been accidental. Most crushing is that Elliot had a mistress and a child. As she comes to terms with her late-husband's past, Louisa finds herself drawn to the owner of the cinnamon plantation, a man with a colorful past and a link to her future.
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