Tana Maguire — Diana Saunders

Tana Maguire is a fiery Irish beauty whose Cuban mother and Irish father brought her up amid the Spanish aristocracy. She is already an old maid at 22, spurning her parents' carefully chosen suitors. She will only marry for love.

Tana journeys from her Cuban homeland to be caught up not only in the whirlwind life of New York and Washington, but also in the bed of the notorious Cuban insurrectionist Juan Diego. Sympathetic to the rebel cause, yet still loyal to her Spanish heritage, Tana Maguire faces the decision of her life, a choice between the man she loves and the birthright she has sworn never to renounce.