A dark secret. A heart of glass. A love that endures for centuries. Venetian glass: as precious as gold. To preserve the secret of its production, the city council banished the glassblowers to the strictly shielded island of Murano. When Corradino Manin, the most famous of the glass artists, attempted to escape in 1661, he not only put himself in danger, but also those he loved. Almost four hundred years later, the young Leonora Manin comes across her family's inheritance. She has no idea how closely the past is linked to her own future, how much her own happiness depends on Corradino's fate ...