To spite the devil

the long version

Patience is having it rough. Her English nobleman husband has abandoned her after one month of marriage. Her father is a Tory, her brother is a patriot, and her handsome bondservant Tom, an outright rebel! And now she is torn between her loyalist upbringing and the revolution sweeping the American colonies. -- Her only salvation is the forbidden love that she shares with Tom, which frees her from the shackles of the past!