As floodwaters rise, can a forbidden love bring a fractured community together?
Mildura, Northern Victoria - 1956Twenty-one-year-old Isabel Hayward has ambitions of being a great chef. But cooking for the locals at the country pub she and her mother run doesn't really allow for experimenting with haute cuisine. Isabel is casually dating the son of one of the town's wealthiest families when she meets Matteo Sorrenti, the son of an Italian farmer. Where she feels nothing for Ross but friendship, she is instantly attracted to Matteo. Isabel and Matteo's blossoming relationship has challenges to overcome: their cultural differences, prejudice, Ross' jealousy, and the worst flood in Australia's history. As the Murray River rises to its peak, threatening the Sorrentis' farm and the Haywards' pub, secrets are revealed that show Matteo, Isabel and Ross are inextricably linked by their fathers' wartime experiences. Will the secrets their fathers kept threaten Isabel and Matteo's relationship? Or can their love break down the remnants of prejudice left behind by the war?
