When twenty-four-year-old Eric Marshall arrives on Prince Edward Island to become a substitute schoolmaster, he has a bright future in his wealthy family\'s business.
And there is nothing he wants more than for Kilmeny to return his love..
For the first time in his life Eric must work hard for something he wants badly.
But Kilmeny cannot speak, and Eric is concerned for and bewitched by this shy, sensitive mute girl.
With jet black hair and sea blue eyes, Kilmeny immediately captures Eric\'s heart.
Eric has taken the two-month teaching post only as a favor to a friend - but fate throws in his path a beautiful, mysterious girl named Kilmeny Gordon.
When twenty-four-year-old Eric Marshall arrives on Prince Edward Island to become a substitute schoolmaster, he has a bright future in his wealthy family\'s business