Six years after Nyree lost parents in a traffic accident, was sent away to boarding school and had her inheritance stolen from her, the headmistress of her school, Ms. Em, tracks down Nyree's estranged great-uncle to plead for his help in securing her future. Now, at the age of nineteen, Nyree finds herself in the tropical town of Hollister to inherit her great-uncle's small house on a sugarcane plantation. As soon as she arrives, she meets Brant, a man who oozes attractiveness. Their meeting seems like fate until Nyree learns he's a business tycoon out to take her land away!