Tamsen Tallant, most beautiful of the fabled McLeod sisters, is alone in the Australian outback. Alone with a ranch to run, two rebellious teenage nieces to care for, and Opal Station's new head stockman to reckon with--a man whose very look holds a challenge. For Arthur Melvin intends to manage more than the stock while Tamsen's husband Dan is away. He plans also to tend the women: sultry Ramona, a younger version of the vibrant Tamsen; sixteen-year-old Melissa, who dreams of love: and Tamsen herself who cannot escape her past nor envision a future without Dan Tallant.But Tamsen is prepared for danger She has seen the face of the Devil--and he looks like a man.