Life seems to have worked out perfectly for Mikaela Gordon. She has a wonderful man, a lovely house in the country and a rewarding job. It's as if all her dreams have come true. But living in the Australian outback is not always easy, and her life changes even more dramatically when two strangers enter her world, one bringing happiness and the other despair. Suddenly her dreams vanish as reality sinks in, and Mikaela wonders if she has made the biggest mistake of her life.