This is a tale of love, heartbreak and romance. When she sets sail aboard the Maid of Morne, green-eyed Regan Gardner believes that her wildest dreams are about to come true. Soon she will join her fiance, Robert, in Australia where fortunes are to be won in the goldrush.But while Regan thinks longingly of the coming reunion, the arrogant Australian, Zach Casey, watches her, his black eyes filled with desire. Determined to possess her, he lures her unsuspecting father into the gambler's hall and, at the throw of the dice, wins Regan, body and soul. Forced to travel with Zach, Regan yearns for the love she has lost and yet, like a moth to a flame, she cannot resist the forces which draw her to her enigmatic keeper.