Through turbulent Civil War America, she fought for freedom...and the promise of love

With a spirited mix of Yankee pride and a fiery independence that was all her own, Sarah MacKenzie vowed never to marry -- and pledged herself to the blazing issues of the day. The champion of mill workers and a fierce opponent of slavery, she speaks her mind as well as any man. But when she meets Philip Calvert, as proud and mysterious as his native South, she discovers desire she has never known. More, she sees in him a kindred spirit, united in the belief that no man should be the slave of another. But only in the face of cataclysmic war does Sarah discover her true courage as a woman, and the awesome power of love.