Driven by fierce patriotism to England, theMarquess of Haverstock will do anythingto reclaim the money his best friend lost atcards, money that was to purchase battleplans from a French official.The bewitchingly beautiful but illegitimateAnna De Mouchet agrees to give themarquess back the money she "won."On one condition: that he marry her.From this forced marriage rises a love aspowerful as the canons of the war whichtears them apart.