Ex-model, ex-actress, ex-mother, ex-everything Jo's life and career had been shattered by the tragic accident that had claimed her husband and son and disfigured her own famous beauty. Nursing her bitterness, she went into seclusion on the rugged Queensland coast. When her privacy was invaded by little Samantha Marshall, and then Samantha's compelling uncle Jake, she didn't want to become involved with either one of them. But somehow the unexpected happened, and slowly Jo began to realize that in this child and this man lay her hope for a new beginning....