Alyssa Sutherland has always adored her great-aunt Zizi - Elizabeth Jane Calvert - and valued their special relationship. Zizi has lived a quiet, contented life, one without great passion. Or so Alyssa thinks.

Then, unexpectedly, Zizi dies. Alyssa inherits her wonderful house in Australia's tropical north Queensland, where she meets Adam Hunt, Zizi's very attractive neighbor. It's from Adam that she learns the first of Zizi's secrets.

Together, she and Adam uncover the greatest secret of all - the lifelong love that Elizabeth Calvert kept hidden from the world. Zizi's secret passion could change Alyssa's whole world. But falling in love with Adam will change it even more..