Peter Bradford had not intended to fall in love on his journey to Ireland. But from the moment he caught sight of the lovely young stranger in his railway carriage, he knew he had to have her. He did not know then that she was already entangled in his life - or that her own desires would shape his future in a way that he never dreamed.

(Key Words: Fiction, Romance, Frances Parkinson Keyes, antebellum, Americana).