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Will she follow her convictions and risk everything?Richmond, Virginia, 1863. Compelled to atone for her slaveholding father, Union loyalist, Sophie Kent, attempts to end the war from within the Confederate capital, but she can't do it alone. Former slave Bella Jamison sacrifices her freedom to come to Richmond, where her Union soldier husband is imprisoned, and her twin sister still lives in bondage. Despite the danger, they work with Sophie to betray Rebel authorities while Harrison Caldwell, a Northern freelance journalist, infiltrates the War Department as a clerk.As Sophie's spy network grows, she walks a tightrope of deception, using her father's position as newspaper editor and a suitor's position in the ordnance bureau. One misstep could land her in prison, or worse. Suspicion hounds her. Finally, when her espionage endangers the people she loves; she's forced to make a life-and-death gamble.