The lovely Olivia saved the life of Samuel Sheridan and gave him her heart. But the handsome colonel, absorbed in his failed family life, did not notice the gift. Having learned that her guardian intended her to be this dangerous man’s mistress, Olivia runs away from home, dressing in a man’s dress. On the banks of the Great River she finds friends, enemies and amazing adventures, and here fate again gives her a meeting with the one who became the main culprit of her troubles...