Nicole Crewe

The sleepy town of Little Oberon is woken with a jolt when tempestuous Georgie Green returns after a 15 year absence, with a difficult teenage daughter, to care for her ailing but eccentric mother.

Carl, the eldest heir of a wealthy conglomerate family, is a domineering and obsessive man who always keeps a mysterious black cat by his side. At the family estate, he encounters Simon, a kind-hearted and soft-natured young gardener. Despite frequent clashes due to their stark differences in personality and social status, they gradually develop feelings for each other through mutual testing and understanding.