Christina Hale was born to wear silk and smile politely. She loves the gowns, the music, the glittering balls-but she also loves the quiet ink-stained hours spent alone in her father's print shop, a rare inheritance secured under strict conditions: she may indulge her "childhood fancy," but only if she maintains her family's reputation and marries well.

Men like Benedict Amherst-wealthy, refined, and ambitious-seem perfectly suited. He works alongside her brother securing shipping contracts for their Loyalist family. His interest in her isn't personal-it's transactional.

But when Ethan Tallmadge, a courier for the Continental Army, arrives asking questions about her anonymous column-how it prints tips no one outside Loyalist circles should know-Christina finds herself torn. The words she once wrote in secret for amusement have become belief. And now, she must choose: remain the object they all expect her to be... or become the turncoat no one sees coming.