Returning to her homeland, Charlotte Muringura is living her dream at last, landing a job as a ranger for a vast expanse of channel country wetlands in the outback. Charlotte loves her horses and mustering cattle makes getting reacquainted with charismatic Coolibah Creek heir Drew Roberts an interesting distraction. But buried deep beneath the red earth, long kept family secrets are pushed to the surface creating a dust storm of upheaval and drama that rips off facades and blows away smoke screens to reveal a scandalous past and complicated future for Charlotte. When confronted with a terrifying ordeal, Charlotte digs deep to find her courage and true feelings but discovers that the dream she has worked so hard for is fragile and can be snatched away by a single sentence. Will she be driven away from her spiritual home and exiled forever?