Desire -- savage, untamed and undeniable -- bound tempestuous Virginia Brandon to Steve Morgan,her magnificent, dangerous soldier of fortune. And in the blistering heat Of revolution's flames, they swore tolove for an eternity and beyond.

Now explosive events have shattered their turbulent union -- tearing Steve and Ginny apart and casting them upon fateful tides flowing toward separate perils and faraway secret affairs. But no great distance, no sensuous betrayal, notreacherous intrigue of warrior or king can extinguish the brilliant of their majestic love. For their passion is on their destiny -- and it will blaze anew with a white -- hot intensity when their bodies at last entwine once more.