South Africa, 1899. Can love triumph in a time of war?
Richard’s in trouble. He’s wounded, concussed and has a large bandage around his head. He’s also a prisoner and surrounded by heavily armed men.
Rachel is intelligent, cultured and charming, but things are not what they seem. The victim of rumour and innuendo she’s reached a new low in her life. With Richard’s help things began to improve, until in a desperate attempt to prove his worth, he volunteered to fight in South Africa and left her under a cloud.
Once in South Africa, Richard is drafted into an intelligence group whose job is to hunt down a dangerous freelance saboteur. Richard is mugged and almost blown up, and although they manage to smash a cell, the elusive mastermind remains at large.
While Richard is fighting in Africa, Rachel has problems at home, when a wayward brother becomes indebted and skips without paying the loan. Then, Rachel is kidnapped and ransomed for the debt.