Wine and Roses — Freda Lightfoot

Penniless and alone in the world, Coriander knows that life must have more to offer than drudgery in a Cornish orphanage and fending off the unwelcome advances of unscrupulous Ezra Follett. As though in answer to her prayers, Ralph Beringer, newly returned from the Napoleonic wars, brings news that his father's wine business now belongs in part to Corrie. Under the terms of his father's will, whoever makes the most profit from their inheritance in a year will win control of the company. The battle commences - but is there more than money at stake?