British India, mid-19th Century Amanda Allston cannot believe her good fortune. Uncle James has sent for her and she is to join him in India Amanda did not, however, expect to travel there in the company of the dashing, if disreputable -- even by his own admission, Captain Nicholas Forrest. Nicholas leaves Amanda with her uncle in Kalibai where she dances the nights away with the charming young officers of the British Raj. An unforeseen event brings Nicholas back into her life. But will he stay? And does Amanda wish him to? India is not all romance and exotic temples, as Amanda discovers. Her adventures and experiences leave her a changed young woman in the space of less than a year. But will the happiness and heartbreak also change how she feels about Nicholas?