A small town in desperate need of more tourists discovers it was never officially incorporated into the surrounding country, so it declares independence. All goes well until someone decides they need a king. Set in South Africa.

Trudi Adendorff lives in an orphanage all her life, until the day she completes her matric and an unknown benefactor sends her to university. He is Jacques de Villiers, a handsome businessman, and his only requirements are: she must not know his name and she must write to him regularly about her progress. However, he never writes back.