They waltzed with abandon in Brussels while Napoleon challenged his fate. But the war would come between dashing Major-General Brock Savage and his beautiful wife, Garnet - war, and the ravishing Cassandra Mayne, destined to become Garnet's close confidante and Brock's personal, passionate Waterloo. Brock Savage, soon to be knighted for his heroism against Napoleon, was about to embark on the battle for his life - and his soul - on the home front at Rosewood Hall. How could he tell his beloved Garnet the truth about this woman they called "The Witch," this "governess" who came to divide and conquer, leaving in her wake a legacy of infamy, lust, blackmail and murder...