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Stephanie races back to Eden with Jake in pursuit. When they reach Eden, Stephanie rushes to her room, where the real Princess is waiting. Jake insists the Princess is Stephanie, but only Jilly is allowed to see the Princess unveiled and can see it's not Stephanie. Jilly is furious with Jake's obsession with Stephanie and tells him he is jeopardizing the deal with Ahmal. Stephanie tells Bill of the her plan to get Jake interested in buying the land Ahmal is after. Really the land is worthless. Bill manages to replace the real land survey report with a fake one. Jake gives Jilly a race horse which she calls Revenge. A recovered Tom decides to return to New York now that Sarah is married. Johnno poses as an ex disgruntled employee of Ahmal and tells her the land is rich in oil. Jilly mortgages everything she owns to get a option on the land. Sarah tells Tom he is the father of her unborn baby not Angelo and Tom then tells Sarah they are not related. Sarah faints in shock threatening the

Jake kills the snake with a gun and Jilly sends home all the servants for the day. They put the body in the boot of a car and drive it to the pier near Tara's. Cassie spots them moving the body into a boat and photographs them in the process. Stephanie dressed as Talitha comes to stay at Eden and Jake recognizes something familiar about the Princess. Jilly takes the princess to Tara's and Cassie shows Jilly the photos and tells her that unless she gives her 50% ownership of Tara's she will go to the police. Jilly is furious when Jake agrees to Cassie's demands. Sarah gives her blessing to Dan and Jessica's relationship. Johnno takes Bill to see Stephanie. Jake unexpectedly shows up and recognizes her.

Stephanie convinces Ahmal to let his sister Princess Talitha accompany her back to Australia so Stephanie can pose as her. Ahmal reluctantly agrees. Romance begins to blossom between Dan and Jessica. He sees in her what he first saw in Stephanie. With the company in trouble Jake begs Bill to return as General Manager, he agrees so he can find evidence about Jake's illegal dealings. Stephanie returns to Australia and her disguise even fools Johnno. Stephanie dressed as Talitha joins Ahmal in a business meeting with Jake and Jilly. Ahmal wants to buy a large area of cattle land through Sanders Mining. Jilly takes Talitha under her wing at Eden. Jilly trys to get rid of Olive and Olive grabs Jilly by the hair. Jake rescues her and gives Olive her marching orders. Stephanie is upset when she sees Dan and Jessica together. She has seen that look in his eyes before when he first fell in love with her. Jake catches Olive trying to break into Eden with a snake, believing its just another harml

Dan operates on Jessica like he did on Stephanie 7 years earlier. Stephanie is shocked when Johnno tells her he is Tom's father making him not her son. Jake wants Jilly to get rid of Olive for good. Olive angers Jilly by surprising her whilst she is in the bath. She notes how convenient it is that no more snakes have turned up since she agreed to let Olive stay. Angelo proposes to Sarah. Jilly realizes how lonely she is and tries to get the Harper's's back in her life. Jessica wants nothing more to do with her but Sarah agrees to have her marriage to Angelo at Eden. Dave is injured and Stephanie is forced to face her fears and swim across a crocodile infested river. After she makes it Dave reveals to her there are no crocodiles in that part of the river but Stephanie has faced her fears. A flying doctor is called in, and Dave insists he needs to go to hospital which is just a plan to get Stephanie to leave and get back to living her life. He gives her a small fortune of opals, which

Olive conveniently shows up and saves Jilly's life. When the police arrive they can find no trace of the snake. Tom is in a coma and Sarah sits by his bed side hoping he will recover still not knowing they are not related. Stephanie and Johhno go to stay at Dave Welles place who helped nurse Stephanie back to health 7 years ago and ponder their next move. Jilly manages to blackmail Jake into making her General Manager of the company. Another snake turns up this time in Jilly's bed. Jessica recognizes it as non-poisonous and takes care of it. The police turn up again, but Jessica denies there was ever a snake, making Jilly look delusional. Jilly throws Jessica out of Eden and she goes to stay with the Harper's. A memorial service is held for Stephanie and Jake declares to Anton he is going to marry Jilly as it's the only way to control her. Dave tells Stephanie she cant hide way for ever. Sarah quits Tara's now Jilly is in charge but Jilly persuades Cassie to stay on.

Dan Marshall tracks down Stephanie, first by visiting Joanna Randell unannounced, then by visiting the Sydney house where he meets the two children, Sarah and Dennis. Stephanie, meanwhile, carefully drives Greg and Jilly to distraction until at last Greg tries to kill Jilly. Stephanie then reveals herself to them both. Greg tries at once to kill Stephanie, first by setting fire to a room in the main house at Eden, then in a swimming pool. But Jilly shoots him in the arm, making him bleed profusely. He then attempts to flee in an aeroplane. It crashes and he is killed. The next day the police arrive and arrest Jilly. The day following, another aeroplane lands--carrying Sarah, Dennis, and Dan.

The series opens with Stephanie enjoying a relaxing swim with her husband Dan 7 years on from where the mini series ended. Stephanie discovers a box of old documents which could mean big changes in her life. Jilly is released from prison after having served 7 years for Stephanie's attempted murder and the manslaughter of Greg. Jilly is taken to Eden where Stephanie announces the document states Jilly is her half sister. Stephanie tells her now they are half sisters she thinks she can forgive Jilly. Bill McMaster tells Stephanie that a man called Jake Sanders is trying to take over Harper Mining. Stephanie offers Jilly $5, 000, 000 for her part of Max Harper's estate but Jilly is angered when Bill states she must sign a waver on any future claims. Jilly reluctantly signs. Jilly goes to meet Jake and tells her she wants an alliance with him, as everything Stephanie owns is rightfully hers. Jake goes to visit a grave and it turns out he is Greg Marsden's brother.

Stephanie is out riding when Jake turns up but Jake is no match on a horse for Stephanie. Jilly hears Dennis bad mouthing her and says she is moving out from Eden. Jake shows up at Harper Mining and Stephanie tells him she has no intention of loosing the company. Phillip arranges for a prison friend of Jilly's called Olive to be released early. Stephanie agrees to give her daughter Sarah a job at Tara's and tells her son Dennis she knows he is in debt through gambling. Bill's son Tom stars work at Harper Mining and Jake and Jilly set Dennis up so he is caught in a compromising position. Jilly is furious when Jake tells her he is not only going after Harper Mining but he has sets his sights on Stephanie too. Stephanie is having nightmares about the crocodile attack 7 years earlier. Jilly meets Olive in a bar and gives her a gun and tells her to kill Stephanie. Olive shoots at Stephanie out riding and Stephanie's body lies motionless on the ground.

Jake finds Stephanie's body and rushes her to the hospital where its revealed she will be OK. Jilly says she was with Phillip at the time of Stephanie's attempted murder. A recovered Stephanie reveals to the board that Jake now owns 18% of Harper Mining and another 2% would get him a place on the board. Jilly and Stephanie agree to start over whilst all the time Jilly continues to plot against her. Stephanie confronts Dennis after she discovers he has been using company funds to feed his gambling addiction and Dennis tells her she treats him more like an employee than a son. Dan gets jealous when Stephanie dances with Jake at a cooperate event. Olive arranges a crocodile to be put into Stephanie's swimming pool.