Jack and Annalisa are married only five months when, enroute to France, a shipwreck separates them.
Against the backdrop of war with Britain, façades mount between Jack and Annalisa, and the merry minuet of their adolescence dissolves into a masquerade of deceit, one which threatens to part them forever..
After a betrayal, she flees town as her alter ego, Benjamin Cavendish, and joins the Continental Army, Unbeknownst to Annalisa, Jack has also joined the Continentals, harboring shameful secrets from his days in mourning.
But when Annalisa learns Jack is alive, she returns to America and discovers much has changed.
On different shores, each believes the other dead.
Jack and Annalisa are married only five months when, enroute to France, a shipwreck separates them