When Miss Sara Saunders married brooding Sir Tarquin Pengelly, she little dreamed of the depths of passionate delight he might awake in her. But once stirred, Sara vows she will never leave his side - even if that means embarking for Spain, where her new husband is to join his regiment for the campaign of 1808. And it is in Spain that she discovers that Tarquin is both a perfidious womaniser and a traitor to his country. But now that she has experienced the heat of his desire, how can she contemplate life without the only man she loves and needs?