Marguerite has always run from trouble, since the day she and her young husband, Benjamin, escaped from slavery. Her dreams of a life of wedded bliss in the safety of Canada dashed when Benjamin is killed, she runs to France where she becomes an accomplished portrait painter. And yet, her restless soul drives her back to post-Civil War America where she bounces from one town to another, painting miniature portraits for easy cash. When she is hired to paint a wedding portrait for a wealthy family, she finds herself emotionally ambushed, for the family's business partner and close friend is...