Lucinda Matthews' life is perfect. Honey-blond with piercing gray eyes, she is Huntsville, Alabama's most admired debutante, not to mention the twinkle in her beloved fiance, Ben Bradley, 's eye. Then the Civil War invades Lucinda's life. Ben joins the Confederate forces and Yankee troops occupy her home. She finds solace in enemy arms, that of Yankee Major Seth Russell. But should she love this devilishly attractive man, for he is the antagonist of everything she holds dear, but without his help, her father will probably be carried off to a Northern jail. When Ben returns for her, Lucinda must finally decide what it is her heart truly wants, and which man she loves: her childhood sweetheart, or her conqueror?