It was like magic. One moment Elise Gerard was dressing up to give tours of her plantation - and the next moment a man appeared out of thin air in front of her, demanding to know why she was in his bedchamber! Charming, considerate, and strikingly handsome, Reed Blackwell was the perfect Southern gentleman - and the man of Elise's dreams. Until their wedding night, when he vanished as suddenly as he appeared... New Orleans, 1844 - Elise found a way to follow Reed to his own time, but her husband didn't know who she was. Now she had to win his love again, despite the fact that he was soon to be married.