Jewel Bishop grew up in the Outback, and she feels defined byit. Then she makes a devastating discovery—she's not who shethought she was. There are secrets in her past, and they affecther present life. Keefe Connellan becomes part of Jewel's life because hesuspects that Travis Copeland, his much older business partner,is Jewel's real father. He suspects, too, that Jewel knows thisand he wonders what she's looking for, what she wants. Money?Vengeance? Perhaps even justice for the father who wasbetrayed?Is Jewel Bishop deceiver or deceived? Whatever the truth, Keeferecognizes in her a strength and passion to match his own….