Thirty-five-year-old Hazel is chef and drag queen at a small city restaurant. His life is completely changed when he is entrusted with the management of an enormous run-down estate in the outback of Australia, not to mention the upbringing of a beautiful but repressed eleven-year-old boy. On the estate, he encounters heart-stopping Matthew, an image of male perfection. The small outback town has a variety of fascinating characters, including members of the rival Wallace family; Doris, a dominating matriarchal figure; and Carmel, who reads the future in a pack of nonexistent cards. As Hazel brings the estate to life again, so his own life is changed by his growing attraction to Matthew . . .

Thirty-five-year-old Hazel is chef and drag queen at a small city restaurant. His life is completely changed when he is entrusted with the management of an enormous run-down estate in the outback of Australia, not to mention the upbringing of a beautiful but repressed eleven-year-old boy. On the estate, he encounters heart-stopping Matthew, an image of male perfection. The small outback town has a variety of fascinating characters, including members of the rival Wallace family; Doris, a dominating matriarchal figure; and Carmel, who reads the future in a pack of nonexistent cards. As Hazel brings the estate to life again, so his own life is changed by his growing attraction to Matthew . . .

"He's going to be a great responsibility and he's not going to change..." The story of a dyslexic 18-year-old, who just happend to be gay, and how with love he did change, not only his own life but the lives of those around him.