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In the face of an adoring worldwide TV audience, how do you balance a beloved legacy with the cold, painful truth?
Michelle Wyld is Australia's most famous young widow, struggling to keep her famous animal conservationist husband Bruce's wildlife sanctuary afloat since his death seven years ago. Under the surface, however, Michelle's picture-perfect on-camera relationship with Bruce had secretly been fraught with abuse and scandal, and she is doing everything in her power to keep that truth from both the world and Bruce's sister Kylie - all while trying not to fall in love with his handsome and kind best friend Parker.
Kylie Wyld, however, is determined to show the world that Michelle is a fraud. After years of blaming Michelle for her brother's death, she has plans to take over the sanctuary for herself, expose Michelle's secrets, and cement Bruce's golden legacy once and for all.
Between maintaining the animal sanctuary, wrestling with their complicated relationship, and finding new loves of their own, Michelle and Kylie will have to confront their pasts - and come to terms with their memories of a man who wasn't at all what he seemed - if they are to carve new futures for themselves.
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