This Fiery Splendor

Annalise Devon, the beautiful daughter of an English missionary, finds her destiny placed in the hands of Queen's Colonel, Derek Clavell, after her father's death. Derek, a dashing aristocrat with a fortune and a fiancee, discovers an uncontrollable passion for Annalise. To protect her, he sends her away, but their love, once ignited, proves impossible to extinguish.

As India's quest for Independence rages, Derek follows a trail of danger back to Annalise, where they face a treacherous world of enemies and lovers, repeatedly bringing them to the brink of disaster and the heights of rapture.