Yankee Bride/Rebel Bride is set against the turbulent back-drop of the Civil War South, and chronicles the life of Garnet Camero. Her plan to marry the man of her dreams, Malcolm Montrose, is thwarted when he chooses a Northern bride. On the rebound, Garnet marries Malcolm's brother, thus entwining the lives of all four at Montclair, the magnificent ancestral Montrose family home.