In 1909 Philippines, seventeen-year-old Maristella Garcia has everything a debutante could wish for—a handsome beau, a riverfront mansion, and a promising future—until she’s diagnosed with leprosy and banished to the remote leper colony of Culion. As she adjusts to her harsh new life, she unexpectedly finds beauty and friendship, falling in love with the enigmatic Basilio Flores. But marriage is forbidden between patients, forcing Maristella […]