A novel about love and hope, happiness and despair, in which the heroine, Rachel Twigg, meets the love of her life, Will Moody. However the plot reveals that the circumstances of life in Australia in the early 1880s were such that men and women were often separated as the country developed and there were many tests of loyalty. Israel Potter, the villain of the story attempts to take advantage of Rachel's vulnerability and clashes violently with Will. The author also has 'The Glass House'to her credit, another novel of early life in Australia.
