On her 27th birthday Cristina Wilson, a promising New York lawyer, receives a diamond engagement ring from her fiance Mike. At the same time, a messenger from Barcelona delivers a beautiful antique jewel, a ruby set in bone. She wears them both - unaware that they are mysteriously incompatible. The ruby gives her strange and terrible dreams, sweeping her away to Spain where she reunites with her cousin Oriol, and a powerful attraction is rekindled...