In 1959 Cuba, Natalia San Martín was nothing short of a princess: sheltered, pampered, and courted by her very own prince, a childhood friend turned lifelong love. All that changed on the fateful New Year's Eve when Fidel Castro and his followers seized control of the country, with tragic consequences for not only the island, but for Natalia herself.<br><br>Five years later, in 1960s New York, she suffers in her new existence as Natalie Martin, firmly leaving her past where it belongs. But when Natalia meets Jack Roemer, who offers her a job writing the memoir of a starlet on the brink of self-destruction, she sees an escape from the life the holds her captive and once again dares to dream of the life that was once within her grasp.