Determined city dweller Clare Marshall has risked everything to bring her motherless infant niece, Alice, to the hot and dusty Australian outback. Expecting to meet Alice's father, Jack, Clare is dismayed to discover his brother has turned up in his place. Gray Henderson is sceptical - What proof does he have that Alice is his brother's child? But his heart is soon captured by the adorable baby, and his passion stirred by her beautiful aunt. Together they're a family - at least, until Jack returns.