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A violinist with lots of success but a messy private life.

A genius but troubled sister caught up on the far left.

A girlfriend who’s not the strait-laced government secretary she appears to be.

A sapphic love story about courage, sisterhood, deceit and redemption.

Copenhagen, 1973. Violinist Elinor has only ever known success. As a virtuoso, her job at the Royal Symphony is a breeze, and she goes casually from girlfriend to gorgeous girlfriend. The only trouble, which Elinor tries her best to forget, is the ghost of her tragic childhood and the distance of her sister, Helene, who has been pulled into the world of far-left revolutionaries.

When Elinor is chosen to play at the ball for the Queen’s ascension, her triumph seems complete. The performance is a great success, and at the palace, Elinor meets Annemarie, the secretary to the Prime Minister. Annemarie, strait-laced and brilliant but with her own tragic past, is unlike any woman Elinor has known before. For the first time in her life, Elinor falls hard.

Meanwhile, Helene drifts closer to violent extremism. Desperate to hold on to her, Elinor agrees to help her sister even if it means deceiving the government worker Annemarie. Elinor’s balancing act between her two worlds becomes ever more difficult. When Helene is betrayed by her fellow revolutionaries, Elinor is forced to make a terrible choice. A choice which reveals that neither Helene nor Annemarie are what they seem.