Carey, used to the stark brownness and harsh winds of the outback, nearly fainted with joy when she saw her new home at Two Creeks Station. She fell in love with everything: the green rolling paddocks, the white timber fences enclosing sleek thoroughbred horses; the beautifully decorated homestead, ornamented with silver and porcelain, where rich thick carpets covered the floors. Everything was perfect - except for her guardian, the cold distant Oliver who treated her as a child; who told her that soon she would be his wife... (back cover Fontana 1969 reprint)
