Sarah Spender could barely believe the good fortune which brought gallant and handsome Captain Adam Hastings into her life. For the beautiful Sarah, left destitute after her father's death, is delighted by the marriage proposal of the gallant Captain, who offers her an escape from the advances of his arrogant brother. Adam wanted her as his wife, and Sarah said yes to this man who taught her the power of passion and the magic of love. And even when he was sent over the seas to help tame the American wilderness, the flaming intensity of Sarah's love for Adam welded her to him for better, for worse, forever...