Desdra Von Cleef has a deep, dark secret, one which she has taken great care to hide from all but her closest comrades. But war soon envelops Georgia, and only when General Sherman's Northern troops burn Atlanta and march toward Savannah does Desdra and her lonely, war-widowed "sisters" dare to reveal their true natures to save their homes.

When a squad of Yankees, under the leadership of the dashing yet ruthless Union Major Canaan Abbott Scarborough, arrives at Raven's Peak, they get a whole lot more than they bargained for from the blushing Southern belle. Instead of burning down the mansion, stealing Desdra's many treasures, and taking liberties no gentleman would consider, the Yankees find themselves recruited into a secret confederacy—with Desdra and her "sisters in blood" firmly in charge...