Nicholas--A proud and gallant aristocrat, he was exiled to New Zealand for a crime committed in defense of a woman's honor. Now disgraced and disowned, he lives as a simple sheep farmer--nursing his bitterness in silence ... and solitude. Summer--The lovely and spirited daughter of an English courtesan, she flees the dire circumstances of a tragic, impetuous act to seek sanctuary in Nicholas' lonely world--only to be surprised by the handsome, secretive stranger who spurns the healing powers of her giving heart. Dream Fever--A ruined nobleman and a beautiful child of the streets, their dreams unite them in an untamed paradise--inflaming their souls with passion's fire ... awakening within them both a raging fever of sensuous desire and rapturous love.