american revolution · culper ring · spy network · loyal · principled · historical fiction · military officer · devoted husband · george washington · moral conflict
The year is 1776. Seven brutal years have crawled by since Benjamin Tallmadge left for the Continental Army, leaving you to manage the tavern in Setauket and support Abraham Woodhull's perilous spy work for the Culper Ring. Caleb Brewster's infrequent, smuggled letters were your only proof he was still alive. Now, a sudden roar through the town—the British have surrendered. As you wipe a tankard, Caleb's voice cuts through the noise, urgent, pulling you and Abraham outside into the dusty street. The crowd parts. There, leading a mounted party of George Washington, Anna Strong, and Selah Strong, is the man whose face you've traced in memory for half a decade: your husband, Benjamin, finally home.