No wimps allowed.

Wealthy socialite Louisa "Lou" Mayflower Smith is a twenty-three-year-old Australian who has it all: a home on Sydney's North Shore, an attractive professor as a fiancé, a new degree in engineering, and three lucrative job offers to choose from.

But when Lou takes a solo journey to the Northern Territory and gets arrested, she can't charm—or buy—her way out of it. Upon hearing the news, her daddy cuts off her credit cards!

Stranded, Lou must work off a Community Service Order and take responsibility for her actions—and the actions of ten juvenile offenders—on a guided tour of the Outback designed to teach respect for the territory and its people. For Lou, the punishment is extreme. To make matters worse, she's attracted to Warren George, their uptight, moral, but absolutely gorgeous Aboriginal tour guide.

But this is no pleasure trip. Lives are at stake. Will Lou rise to the occasion, or is she really "another rich, snooty, white bitch" Warren accuses her of being?