Eliza Monroe --- daughter of the future president of the United States --- is devastated when her mother decides to send her to boarding school outside of Paris. But the young American teen is quickly reconciled to the idea when --- ooh la la! --- she discovers who her fellow pupils will be: Hortense de Beauharnais, daughter of Josephine Bonaparte; and Caroline Bonaparte, youngest sister of the famous French general. It doesn't take long for Eliza to figure out that the two French girls are mortal enemies --- and that she's about to get caught in the middle of their schemes.

Loosely drawn from history, Eliza Monroe's imagined coming of age provides a scintillating glimpse into the lives, loves and hopes of three young women during one of the most volatile periods in French history.