Set against the backdrop of occupied France and 1948 Manhattan, a haunted death camp survivor falls in love with the Spanish pilot who may know the fate of the newborn son she smuggled to safety during the war.

SYNOPSIS:

We begin in Southern France in 1942. Along with his brother Manuel, a dashing Spanish pilot, Roberto Monleon, has been secretly ferrying Jews across the border to safety with a stolen plane from Franco's air force . Their French contact has been arrested, and this will be their last flight. As seven passengers fit in a hold that should take no more than five, another refugee emerges in the dark. But there is no room for Hannah Padavka - only for her newborn son. She makes the only choice she can to ensure his survival.

Five years later, Roberto and Hannah have separately made it to New York. He is being pressured to marry a wealthy heiress, she is a translator who also works in her father's 47th street jewelry store in the diamond district. When Roberto comes in to buy an engagement ring, their destinies cross again.

THE EXILED HEART