


The incident prompts Hearst to turn Evangelina’s story into a plea for American involvement in Cuba’s fight for independence, and he gives Grace the assignment. As Grace is settling in as a “stunt girl” reporter, a parallel narrative follows Evangelina in Cuba, where she is imprisoned for refusing the advances of an enemy Spanish soldier. In 1896 New York City, journalist Grace Harrington, aspiring to be the next Nellie Bly, wangles a job with William Randolph Hearst’s publication, the New York Journal.

Cleeton ( The Last Train to Key West) spins an enchanting historical novel based on the story of Cuban rebel Evangelina Cisneros.
