When Kit's father dies, he is forced to return home after ten years in Australia to sort out his affairs A well-known conservationist and champion of wildlife, Rupert Lavery has left behind a nature reservoir in Devon, staffed by two very determined women Elizabeth Punch and Jess Wetherby, both of whom are committed to keeping his work alive As if these two women weren't enough of a match for him, Kit falls under the spell of the stunningly beautiful Jinty O'Hare, niece of the local Master of Foxhounds