Their separation had solved nothing

Vicki's husband, Wade, had thrown her out four years earlier and told her never to return. But now he'd turned up again--and he wanted her and their little son, Graham, back on his Australian cattle station.

Wade had married her only to spite his grandfather, so Vicki was suspicious of his present motives. And Wade himself was as remote and unforgiving as ever.

Vicki hadn't the strength or resources to fight him, nor the courage to endure a loveless marriage a second time. She was trapped ....