Holly Noble believes she was the most important person in her Aunt Tony s life: summers spent as a child with the reclusive painter are some of her most precious memories. When Tony dies, Holly returns to the cottage at Torry Bay in Argyll to claim her inheritance. What she finds in the attic changes her life forever . . .

A series of beautifully painted pictures depicting the world famous opera singer Blaise Fougere hints at a secret love affair that spanned the decades. Determined to show Tony s lost genius to the world, Holly decides to exhibit the works. Blaise s arrogant nephew, Taylor Hartman, refuses to believe that his uncle is the subject of the paintings and decides to prevent what he believes to be the deluded dreams of a frustrated artist being shown to the world.

But as each canvas is hung, and the story of Toinette and the man Holly only knew as Uncle Fire is told, the colour, the passion and the beauty of the paintings draw Taylor and Holly ever closer.