When lawyer Jude Conroy tells Cate that she's just inherited a fortune from a wealthy man, everyone–including Jude–presumes she must have been her benefactor's mistress

Cate insists she doesn't even know the man. But Jude has learned to be cynical about women who play the innocent. Part of him doesn't believe her, but part of him wants to go to any lengths to prove she's telling the truth because if she's going to be anyone's mistress–or anyone's wife for that matter–she's going to be his!

Welcome to the intensely emotional world of Margaret Way, where rugged, brooding bachelors meet their match in the burning heart of Australia