That night at the lake

On a bright summer day, Rose O'Beirne Moffat walks her dogs across her father's sprawling estate.
It's the day before her sixteenth birthday, the day she meets John Flynn, the cute boy from the gatehouse. John teaches her how to fish and then he kisses her...

A few months later, John is forced by poverty to emigrate to Canada, grieving for the beautiful girl he has to leave behind in Ireland.
John doesn't know that their one stolen night of love has tragic consequences for Rose. Pregnant, humiliated and rejected by her mother, she is left with only bittersweet memories of her first love.

On his way to Canada, John meets the impetuous Karen Larsen. She seduces John and also has a child with him.
By a cruel twist of fate, the two love children meet years later in Ireland. Unaware of the fact that they have the same father, they succumb to a fatal attraction...