Back cover: Breathtaking, red-haired Melinda, jewel of Savannah, had shocked the old city, flouted its time-honored rules on the arm of a dashing stranger ... With one bold act, she had fixed her destiny of danger and desire ... in which she embraced her heart's wildest dream -- only to be flung to the pit of despair ... and pitched her will against the winds of fortune and men's greed -- to claim a love that flamed as brightly as the golden sun of the Southland ...