Gloucester healer Gillian Saunders barely ekes out a living selling herbal medicines from her cottage, but she is content with her simple life. But soon it's turned upside-down by handsome physician Spencer Reeves. Gilliams is called upon to heal Spencer after he's injured in a shipwreck. Soon, they are swept into a irresistible passion, but an ancient curse haunts Gillian's family, and threatens her new love.