Dressed in young lad's clothing, disguised as a road bandit, lovely Kathryn Belmont just had to get money to pay taxes on her once magnificent plantation home. She'd take what she needed from those damn hateful Yankees and no one would ever know. But she never dreamed that the tall handsome stranger who she robbed would steal her innocence and her heart - and unlock the gates of her smoldering passion before he let her go.