Her real name was Lady Alexandra Theodora Beaumont, the daughter of an abusive British lord. Rescued by Kentucky Quakers, little "Dora" lived as a typical Quaker child and no one knew of her first years—not even Pace Nicholls, "bad boy" son of a local plantation owner. And from the day they met, wherever Pace was, so was Dora, acting as his only conscience, loving him from a distance. Pace was a hellion as a boy—and a rebel as a man. And Dora was always there, ready to nurse his wounds. Pace had no excuse except war's insanity for taking her in wanton self-indulgence and not giving his heart. He never guessed that little Dora, who had once come so willingly into his arms, would become the noble and beautiful Lady Alexandra and could be swept forever out of his reach...unless this time he offered her his heart.