Fortune's Son — Michele Stegman

When the husband she has never seen dies shortly after her arrival in Charles Town, South Carolina, Jessie Twill is determined to remain single and asks a handsome servant to pose as her husband.

Free at last from her cruel stepfather, Jessie Twill journeyed to Charles Town, South Carolina, ready to start a new life ... only to lose the man she had married by proxy shortly after her arrival. Determined to save her newfound freedom, the young widow convinced a handsome servant to pose as her husband. And Sean Winthrop filled the role so well that before long Jessie had to fight to resist his passionate advances. But when she began to suspect Winthrop was a notorious brigand, Jessie had to choose between betraying the one man who could set her heart ablaze ... and allowing Sean to plunder her yearning flesh in the hope that love would make him an honest man...