Would you risk your lifeon the love of a lifetime Charleston A daughter of Southern gentility and a gifted painter Catherine Edilean Harcourt has no lack of suitors at home in Virginia waiting to fulfill her dream of marriage and family But Cays adventurous spirit fostered by growing up with her three brothers is piqued while visiting her godfather in South Carolina Bedridden with a broken leg he asks Cay to fill in for him on an urgent task on her way to a fancy dress ball she must deliver a packed horse to an old friends sonwho also happens to be an escaped convict charged with murdering his wife Cay agrees to the plan which doesnt go at all as planned whereupon she finds herself fleeing Alexander McDowells captors riding blind into the night with the fugitive Scotsman Though she should fear him Cay finds herself overwhelmingly attracted to Alex and drawn into his tale of misguided justice and his innocence as they seek refuge in the steamy Florida everglades Will trusting him be the worst mistake of her life Or will falling in love be the salvation both of them have been looking for.
