For years, rumors of the Marsh Girl had haunted Barkley Cove, a quiet town on the North Carolina coast. So in late 1969, when handsome Chase Andrews was found dead, the locals immediately suspected Kya Clark, the so-called Marsh Girl. But Kya was not what they said. Sensitive and intelligent, she had survived for years alone in the marsh that she called home.Then the time came when she yearned to be touched and loved. When two young men from town became intrigued by her wild beauty, Kya opened herself to a new life -- until the unthinkable happened.