Set within the late 19th Centry, Julianna Galloway had spent years living in the shadow of her heroic father's name. Even as she rejects the tempting advances from the handsome Rolland Therrin, her affection for him remains. However, circumstances and blackmail cause her to return to her childhood home. Taking her away from the people she loves and throwing her into marriage with the highly admired and devious Colonel James O'Connell.