Paradise was not quite perfect. . . Suddenly, heartbreakingly orphaned. Deborah and her young brother. Chris were swept under the protective wing of a man who had once loved their mother. But when they reached their new home in northern Australia, the two of them were unprepared for the hostility they met. . . especially from Eve, a widow with designs on their guardian. And then, of course, there was the intensely attractive, but overbearing, Cal McGovern, whom Deborah began to find irresistible.