KATIE WALSH, ABANDONED AS AN INFANT, LIVES WITH HER GRANDPARENTS ON SUMMERHILL, A SUGAR CANE FARM ON THE SOUTHERN COAST OF SOUTH AFRICA. SHE IS HAUNTED BY ISSUES RELATING TO HER BIOLOGICAL PARENT'S REJECTION OF HER AS AN INFANT. AFTER RETURNING FROM STUDYING ABROAD, SHE FIGHTS A STRONG ATTRACTION BETWEEN HER AND HER JEALOUS COUSIN'S HANDSOME FIANCE WHO UNWITTINGLY HOLDS THE KEY TO HER PAST; THEIR INTERACTION LEADS TO HEARTACHE AND FAR-REACHING CONSEQUENCES...