Publisher's Synopsis
Bess Heath is born to a life of privilege but, in 1915, she returns home from school to find the elegance of the life she once knew has vanished. Her father is broken and jobless, her mother struggling to keep the family afloat, her sister's engagement called off. The society Bess has always known faces its own transition - one where the magnificence of Niagara Falls is threatened by the companies that seek to harness its power for themselves. When, against her family's strong objections, Bess finds solace with riverman Tom Cole, she is forced to make a painful choice.
