Cornelia Greene’s mother, Caty Littlefield Greene, was once a beautiful young bride who lifted the troops’ spirits at Valley Forge. Cornelia knows that rumors of Caty’s past indiscretions hurt Nathanael Greene, Cornelia’s adored father, but Caty claims that she’s just a flirt, and that flirting is a female necessity --- a woman’s only means of power. So Cornelia is shocked when she learns that Nathanael Greene may not be her father. As she searches for the truth, she makes unexpected discoveries that lead her to a new understanding of love and family.