She thought her husband's death was the worst of it.

But then Emma discovers he wasn't the only thing lost when the Mary B sank. Now his shady activities threaten ruin for her nearest and dearest.

She'll do anything she can to fix it. If she acts quickly and discreetly there's a chance her family need never know the deep pit her marriage has brought them to the edge of. Nella doesn't agree and challenges her decision to go it alone, but Emma can't face her family with the threat of losing Wirramilla.

Now Daniel is downplaying the seriousness of the matter and refusing to help. With Sam no longer able to tell his side of the story Emma's afraid Major Barnaby is being less than truthful about the whole affair. Who can she trust? As the Major's deadline looms, she begins to fear Nella may be right.

Then an unexpected twist gives her one last chance to right the wrong and while she grabs it with both hands she's going to need Daniel's help to make it work. Can she convince her angry brother-in-law to risk his own future before she becomes a pariah to her family?