It was five years since Gemma and her family had been hounded out of the High Plains town of Omeo because the whole community thought her father was a thief. He had disappeared while flying in the relief funds which would have saved the town's farmers after a savage bushfire, and everyone thought he had made off with the money. But Gemma knew that if she could find the wreck of the plane his name - and hers - would be cleared, and her job as a magazine journalist gave her the perfect opportunity. The problem was, the only guide available to take her searching in the wilderness was Robb Wetherill, and it was his father who had been loudest in denouncing hers. - back cover