Mistress Firebrand

British Occupied Manhattan 1777. With her witty comedies American actress Jennifer Leighton has been packing the John Street Theater but she longs to escape the provincial circuit for the glamour of the London stage. When the playwright General John Burgoyne visits the city fresh from a recent success in the capitol she seizes the opportunity to court his patronage. Buther plan is foiled by British intelligence officer Severin Devere.Severins mission is to keep the pleasure-loving general focused on the war effortand away from pretty young actresses.But the tables are turned when Severin himself cant resist Jennifer LeightonMonths later Jenny has abandoned her dreams of stage glory andbegun writing seditious plays for the Rebels under the pen name Cornelia ridiculingGentleman JohnnyBurgoyneand his armyand undermining the crownscampaign to take Albany. By the time Severin meets up with Jenny once again she is on a British hanging list and Severin is ordered to find herand deliver her to certain death. Soon the two are launched on a desperate journey through the wilderness toward a future shaped by the revolutionand their passion for each otherREADERS GUIDE INCLUDED