NICHOLAS A proud and gallant aristocrat, he was exiled to New Zealand for a crime committed in defense of a woman's honor. Now disgraced and disowned, he lives as a simple sheep farmer -- nursing his bitterness in silence... and solitude. SUMMER The lovely and spirited daughter of and English courtesan, she flees the dire consequences of a tragic impetuous act to seek sanctuary in Nicholas' lonely world -- only to be surprised by the handsome, secretive stranger who spurns the healing powers of her giving heart. DREAM FEVER A ruined nobleman and a beautiful child of the streets, their dreams would unite them in an untamed paradise -- inflaming their souls with passion's fire awakening within them both a raging fever of sensuous desire and rapturous love...