On the eve of World War I at a party in Chelsea, young aristocrat
Edward Cobb meets and falls in love with free-thinking
liberal-minded suffragette Alice Fry. Educated at Eton and Oxford,
this son of a baronet, who has just left the army to pursue a
career in politics, has never met anyone like Alice. She speaks her
mind, smells of cigars and doesn't mind making the first move.
Despite their differences, Alice and Edward are smitten with each
other and pursue a passionate affair much to the dismay of their
friends and families.

When the couple becomes engaged, Edward's family draws the line and
encourages him to consider his burgeoning political career and
instead marry Elspeth, the far more suitable and proper young woman
they have selected for him. Edward finally relents after Alice's
father, a radical publisher, is taken to court for public obscenity
after publishing an erotic sex manual. Heartbroken and pregnant,
Alice accepts an offer to become a governess for a wealthy Russian
baron and leaves the country.

When Alice's new employer, the charming and dashing Baron
Rettenberg, discovers her pregnancy, he helps change her identity
to conceal her shame and Alice becomes a French widow named
Mademoiselle Chabon. Time passes and Alice and the baron
tentatively begin to fall in love. But when the Russian Revolution
forces Rettenberg to flee his manor, Alice is left alone to fend
for herself and her young son. Not long after the baron's
departure, Alice and her son find the danger too great and also
escape.

Meanwhile, Edward's marriage to Elspeth falls apart and he sets
forth in war torn Europe in search of Alice, whom he now believes
to be the love of his life. In an exhilarating climax, Alice is
forced to choose between the two men --- one is her first love and
the father of her son, while the other is a man who loves her
unconditionally but obsessively.

ALICE IN EXILE is a beautifully moving love story played out in a
world ravaged by war. Meticulously researched and loaded with moral
and emotional conflict, this story of lovers forced apart by
differing social backgrounds and dire circumstances should appeal
to fans of both the historical and the romantic.