"Senator William Patterson wealthy, influential and powerful. But all of his success cannot protect his cherished daughter, Elizabeth, from the one thing he fears most Stefan Muller - young, German and impoverished. His dreams of a new life in a land of hope and opportunity are soured by war and by a country which will not claim him as its own. Their love for one woman will draw them together and tear them apart. In a land where each man makes his own destiny, a family learns that the price of love and loyalty can sometimes be too high."--Provided by publisher.