A DEFIANT WOMAN'S PASSION AND A GREAT FAMILY'S DESTINY.... Saved from a life of poverty, Celia brought life and beauty to the Deveroes of New York's Westchester County. She was the darling of society, and the perfect match for the cool and stately Richard Deveroe. Then came war! The majestic Hudson Valley was ablaze with revolution and Celia lost control of the sensuality that smouldered beneath her beauty. She did the one thing no Deveroe must ever do. She fell in love. Hopelessly, recklessly, beyond all choice or caring, with an ecstatic abandon that was to mark the lives of Deveroes for generations to come...