Caroline refused to let her wealthy father force her into an arranged marriage. To escape his tyranny, she fled to a mountain valley in Spain.

Instead of the old childhood nurse she expected to find there, she met Pio Viroda. The rebellious son of a poor revolutionary, and an artist, Pio's political cartoons had made him an enemy of the establishment world to which Caroline belonged.

The only interest she shared with Pio was her need for personal freedom. But when he drew her into his arms and kissed her, she ceased to care about the differences that divided them...