Diana is a final year Fine Art students. She is following the creative streak that runs through her bloodline. With one eye on her examines, and another on the future, she is ready for to take on the world. Daughter of the world famous painter, Rose Brown, and Tyler Brown, owner of an elite gallery in Philadelphia, she is set for a bright tomorrow.

Until the world pulls the carpet from beneath her feet.

Her mother dies. Suddenly everything changes. Finding herself in front of the most difficult decision of her life, Diana finds herself and her sister, Kim, losing their family and home.

Returning to campus for the last stretch of her studies, she is on the edge of an abyss, barely holding it together. Unsure about her and Kim's future, she tries to finish her semester.

Hendrik is on a mission in Maryland. Find his good friend, Grandma Bettie's, granddaughters, and invite them home. Home is the small town of Daring, in South Africa. A quick in and out, he tells himself.

But then he meets Diana Brown, and he knows that nothing will ever be the same. He falls for the red-haired beauty like a man jumping from a plane without a parachute. He can't wait to bring her home, and introduce her to the people he considers family.

Can Diana find a new family and a place in the sun for herself and Kim? Is Darling the place where she and Kim can be safe?