Young Sherlie Wingate's life on the sun-drenched South Sea Island of Bali looked like being a bleak contrast to the warm loveliness around her. As if it were not enough to be exploited by a chilly stepmother, she must fall in love with the inaccessible Paul Stewart, who at best had a mocking, condescending way of being kind, and at worst was downright ruthless and hostile. Nevertheless, almost to her surprise, Sherlie found herself married to him and then had to cope with his ex-fiancée, Bettina Lake, who even now had no intention of leaving Paul alone…