Author Sally Odgers provides a tales of timestruck lovers, brought together by a golden chance, and parted by mistrust. Can the Wandering Nugget work its miracle again?

The time is the 1860s, and Matthias Gilchrist is disillusioned with life. His betrothed, Jemima Snow, has been persuaded to marry someone else. Hoping to strike a fortune and persuade Jemima's father to change his mind and honour his promise, Matthias leaves his carpenter's shop and heads for the goldfields of Nugget Creek. With his taciturn companion Henry Boatwright, Matthias stakes a claim and begins to search for gold. Here, in the aftermath of a thunderstorm, he meets the love of his life, who has fallen out of the future.

The time is 2001 and Abigail Reed, editor of Aurora magazine, is in limbo. Her fiancé, John, has been called away on urgent family business. The wedding is postponed, so Abigail decides to walk down memory lane. With her cousin, Zac, she heads for her childhood home in the ghost town of Nugget Creek--and tumbles out of time to meet the love of her life.

Falling in love is easy, but how can Abigail marry her man when he believes she is a foundling who has lost her memory? And what will happen when they hear that Matthias' first love, Jemima Snow, is dying? Jemima could be cured in the future, if only Abigail dares to make a stand. There are so many questions and so many answers, but the key to them all is the wandering nugget. Is their love a treasure beyond price? Or is it just fools' gold?