The victim of a hit and run, Maddy cannot remember anything. When she arrives in Australia, a place that seems alien to her, she discovers that her husband, Nevis Ballantyne, hates her. He tells her she is a thief and a liar. Perhaps it would be better if she never remembered. She is ashamed of the person Nevis says she is. Yet in spite of his animosity towards her, she cannot stop herself being attracted to him