First published 2021
Frannie Tasker knows nothing about the war raging between Britain and the American colonies until 1776 brings a shipwreck to her shores in the Bahamas. A young woman's body washes up on Grand Bahama Island, and Frannie seizes her chance to escape her violent stepfather. She assumes the dead woman's identity as Emmeline Coates and boards a British merchant vessel bound for New York. For three years, Frannie maintains her deception while a British lieutenant courts her. She moves through New York society as Miss Coates, but witnessing the war's brutality opens her eyes to the colonial cause. Frannie realizes her position among British officers gives her access to vital intelligence. She begins eavesdropping on military conversations and smuggling secrets to George Washington's Culper spy ring, taking the code name Agent 355. Her double life grows more dangerous as she commits deeper to the fight for American independence. Frannie must weigh her belief in liberty against the mounting risks of discovery and the personal cost of living as someone else.
Genres: historical-fiction, historical-romance, espionage, american-history
Vibes: intimate, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: deception, double-life, found-family
Setting: Bahamas, Grand Bahama Island, New York
Period: 1776, American Revolution
368 pages · Paperback · Ember
Content warnings: violence