Camilla Hyde's only hope of escaping back to Kngland from the ruins of Washington in that fateful year of 1814 lies not with the invading British soldiers but with Jared Kingston, a surly English nobleman turned planter, who reluctantly rescues her from the ravages of war. With this total stranger, Camilla treks across the huge American continent to Louisiana enduring unimaginable hardships. She is willing to travel with the Devil himself if it means she can get home to her beloved England.
Hardly have they reached the South when the Battle of New Orleans commences and, once more, Camilla is thrown into the thick of battle. And it is to Jared that once more she is forced to turn for help...