When Lady Eleanor Pembroke's powerful father a duke forbids her from marrying the dashing army officer she is desperately in love with she takes a daring risk and leaves her family and the luxuries of her privileged life behind. On Christmas Eve Eleanor elopes with Captain Paul Harding racing to reach the Scottish border where the law will let them marry without her father's consent. Paul fears his young innocent indulged wife may not have the strength to face the realities of a soldier's life as they join the ranks of the British Army who are gathering in their thousands to stand against Napoleon’s French forces near the town of Waterloo. But Eleanor has no choice. As battle looms and the army prepares she must be strong to survive the terrors of war as she is left behind to watch and wait while Paul fights. Will Ellen regret her choice - or will their love survive?
