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Twenty-three-year-old Ann Merrill leaves her native England to become governess for the Holmes family in New Zealand. The strange country fascinates her—grazing herds of sheep, the races, polo; but all this is mild compared to the new people who come into her life. Rodney Marsh, head shepherd; Gerald Waring, friend of the family, and Mr. and Mrs. Holmes themselves. The husband, kind, loyal and considerate; the wife, calculating, cold and selfish. Ann is forced to leave her job because of the complications which arise. Gerald and Rodney both fall in love with her and Vera Holmes makes her life miserable by insidious insinuations. In a most unusual dénouement, all of her difficulties are solved, but meanwhile love, hate, friendship, distrust and affection play their part in this delightful romance.