Penniless, her parents and brother dead, Sophia Whitfield
struggles to save her beloved childhood home, Arbor Rose,
during the Civil War. Another bluecoat is staggering down
the hill, but before Sophia allows him to rob and pilfer
like the others, she shoots him. How was she to know it was
Gavin, the dark knight of her youth, carrying secrets too
horrific to imagine and a passion that ignites her deepest
desires?
As Sophia gradually learns Gavin's his artful seduction in
the bedroom, she discovers how to finally know her own
heart. But then she discovers the terrible secret he
harbors, and she begins to hate him. Can she survive the
Land of Falling Stars, or will she lose it all to the
horrors of the War and Reconstruction? And will the
Southern lady and the Yankee soldier be able to recapture
the bliss of their youth - this time in each other's arms?