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On the eve of the Revolutionary War, a young woman is caught between tradition and independence, family and conscience, loyalty and love in this spellbinding novel from the author of The Widow's War and Bound. Jane Clarke leads a simple yet rich life in the small village of Satucket on Cape Cod. The vibrant scent of the ocean breeze, the stark beauty of the dunes, the stillness of the millpond are among the daily joys she treasures. Her days are full attending to her father's needs, minding her younger siblings, working with the local midwife. But at twenty-two, Jane knows things will change. Someday, perhaps soon, she will be expected to move out of her father's home and start a household of her own. Yet some things—including the bitter feud between her father and a fellow miller named Winslow—appear likely to remain the same.