Jo, the spontaneous and headstrong protagonist of the story, is a strikingly attractive divorcee, but she's not strong enough to withstand the advances of Steve, a shameless womaniser who seduces her whilst she's on holiday at his brother's country hotel in South Africa with her husband-to-be.
Years later, Jo rashly accepts a lift in a stranger's car only to discover the male driver is not a stranger after all...
Steve is meanwhile debt-ridden...