Can respectable Cleo find love with black sheep Jacob1858. Alone in Nugget Gully, a goldrush town in Australia, Cleo sets up business as a milliner. Independent and respectable Cleo is determined to be successful but finds herself in financial difficulty. Also in Nugget Gully is disreputable black sheep Jacob Raines. He comes to Cleo's aid when she needs him, and grateful as she is, if her association with Jacob was known her reputation would be ruined. And yet, despite everything, Cleo and Jacob cannot stay away from each other. Scandal follows, but will they have a happy ending?