New York: Touchstone / Simon & Schuster, 2017. SIGNED first edition - Set in 1838 aboard a nineteenth century riverboat theater on the Ohio River, which formed the boundary between slave-owning Kentucky and the North, this is the story of a frank and naive seamstress who is blackmailed into saving runaways on the Underground Railroad, jeopardizing her freedom, her livelihood, and those about her. INSCRIBED on the title page. Conway has been nominated for the Edgar and won several awards for her historical fiction; this title was named a The New York Times Book Review Editors Choice. 340 pp plus author's note.