Summers in Australia are always scorchers,and Annabelle Nordstrom is about to discover that it can get a lot hotter. Devilishly hotter.Annabelle Nordstom's life sucked.Big time.A job in a law firm which had become boring, humdrum and creepy, thanks to the unwanted attentions of the office pervert. Her love life was a joke; filled with all the wrong kinds of men, and every night she came home to her cat and a lonely cramped flat on the crowded outskirts of Sydney.Deciding to become a Nanny,she was pleasantly surprised when she quickly landed employment on an outback property.Little did she know that this job was going to change her life in ways she never imagined.

As Matilda Warner reminisces back over her long life she remembers her wedding day, the day her life was made complete. She knows that true happiness is not found in a jeweller's glass case, nor is it found in the bottom of a gift wrapped box. For Matilda, her Nirvana was found in the look of unconditional love and passion on her beloved's face.Everyone in the quiet little nursing home has their perfect, blissful moment of happiness to accompany them into their twilight years. And for Matilda, hers is her wedding day. The wonderful day that she finally got to be with her beloved. Under a glorious Australian summer sky she married the love of her life, despite the prejudice and narrow-mindedness of the small country town gossips.