1810 – Brittany, France

Sensible Phebe Hetherington never wanted adventure, but her quiet life in Kingston, Canada is interrupted when an unprincipled and persistent suitor forces her to flee to France in the midst of the Napoleonic Wars. In France, she encounters her brother, Thomas, who cajoles her into helping him outwit his friends by dressing in his clothes. At first, it seems like a simple prank, but the deception turns dangerous when she becomes entangled with a handsome and mysterious British spy and his assignment.

Major Huw Griffiths, hiding a past filled with heartbreak, is sent to Brittany with a simple assignment: retrieve important papers carried by a Dutch ally and help him to escape to England. But when Huw discovers that the Dutchman he thought he was following was actually a woman in disguise, his assignment becomes more complicated and fraught with risks, especially when it is revealed that an old foe, René Durand, is also on the Dutchman’s trail.

As Phebe and Huw overcome misunderstandings and begin to work together, suspicion turns to trust and eventually to love and healing. But can they have a future together in a world at war when a relentless enemy is bent on destroying Huw?