The Lightning Conductor Discovers America

Mrs. Winston boards the SS Evangeline with her husband Jack, recently recovered from war wounds, bound for Long Island and an inherited property neither has seen. But the crossing proves more eventful than the destination. Among the passengers is Patricia Moore, a young woman raised in a French convent returning to an America she hardly knows, and the enigmatic Peter Storm, whose mysterious past and striking name intrigue the entire ship. As ocean days stretch into evenings of dancing and quiet conversations on deck, alliances form and secrets simmer beneath the polished surface of Edwardian propriety. Mrs. Winston, pen in hand, observes it all with the wry detachment of someone who knows that departures often reveal more than arrivals. The New World awaits, but first this floating world must collide, confound, and connect. A sparkling tale of transatlantic romance and social intrigue, where identity is as fluid as the sea and everyone is discovering something about themselves they didn't expect.