A sweeping tale of passion, betrayal, and cultural awakening in a kingdom on the brink of transformation.

Basutoland - 1962

As independence movements sweep across Africa, Philippa Tremain?daughter of the local District Commissioner?sees her carefully planned future secured when she catches the eye of diamond heir Matthew Myburgh.

Matthew represents everything she's been taught to value: refinement, wealth, and the promise of a life far from the wild unpredictability of Africa.

But when a forced landing in the remote highlands throws her into the path of Stuart Price?a rugged English bush pilot who challenges everything she's been raised to believe?Philippa discovers a side of herself, and Africa, she never knew existed.

As her father investigates ritualistic murders, Philippa finds herself entangled in a dangerous web of colonial politics and smuggling operations.

A priceless diamond forces her to confront devastating truths about the man she's promised to marry, and Philippa must choose between the security of privilege and the undeniable passion that could be her true inheritance in a land where beauty and danger lurk behind every mountain peak.