Publisher's Synopsis
After the death of her beloved grandmother, a Cuban-American woman travels to Havana, where she discovers the roots of her identityand unearths a family secret hidden since the revolutionHavana, 1958. The daughter of a sugar baron, nineteen-year-old Elisa Perez is part of Cubas high society, where she is largely sheltered from the countrys growing political unrestuntil she embarks on a clandestine affair with a passionate revolutionary Miami, 2017. Freelance writer Marisol Ferrera grew up hearing romantic stories of Cuba from her late grandmother Elisa, who was forced to flee with her family during the revolution. Elisas last wish was for Marisol to scatter her ashes in the country of her birth. Arriving in Havana, Marisol comes face-to-face with the contrast of Cubas tropical, timeless beauty and its perilous political climate. When more family history comes to light and Marisol finds herself attracted to a man with secrets of his own, shell need the lessons of her grandmothers past to help her understand the true meaning of courage.
