Holidaying in Queensland, Kate met Gerard Hunter and his little son Matthew - Gerard withdrawn and bitter, and Matthew needing a mother. Kate's concern fo them both soon turned into love - for the boy as well as the man - and as it soon became obvious that Gerard felt something for her, there seemed to be one logical solution. Why then did he obstinately refuse to ask her to marry him? Was it because he couldn't forget his ex-sife Ria, or didn't he want Kate anyway?