When gallery co-manager Audrey Spencer finds herself stranded on Hibernia - a forgotten island just off the mainland coast - she blames an old white house, and her own whimsy.<br /><br />After returning to her busy urban life, she can&#39;t shake the memory of the island, the house, and the strangers who had helped her: Rosa and Beppe, Dion, their grandson, and the quiet and mysterious Quin O&#39;Rourke. When Audrey returns to Hibernia to thank them for their kindness, she finds herself immersed in the life of its people.<br /><br />Joined by her parents Isabel and Max, and her best friend Poppy - outrageous, gifted artist, and now single and pregnant - Audrey envisages a different way of living that just might involve the old house. But there are forces at work against her: threats to the island&#39;s ecosystem and its simplicity, her husband&#39;s greed, and the uncertainty surrounding her attraction to Quin O&#39;Rourke. Is he Hibernia&#39;s enemy?<br /><br />Audrey must draw on her strengths if she is to help to save the island and reinvent herself, and she has an unlikely ally - the saffron crocus.