Divorcee and former lawyer Marijke Coetzee contemplates falling to her death off Cape Town's Table Mountain. But Ken, a mysterious stranger, intervenes just in time. He whisks Marijke off to live a primitive life in an East African game reserve where danger lurks at every turn.

Marijke finds new purpose as a traditional healer. While gathering faithful friends among animals and people, she and Ken grow closer. But she makes some powerful enemies too.

Soon, she faces new danger: how can she continue as a traditional healer without government approval? And then the poachers come.

Will Marijke and Ken outwit the forces rallying against them? Will Marijke finally be able to accept Ken's proposal?

This suspenseful, deeply human story of a budding romance pitted against the odds, set against a glorious African background, will keep you enthralled to the last page.