Hester Roon — Norah Lofts

THE THRILLING ADVENTURES OF A BEAUTIFUL OUTCAST WHO ESCAPED 18TH CENTURY ENGLAND FOR A NEW LIFE IN THE TREACHEROUS WEST INDIES

Hester Roon was the bastard daughter of the scullery maid at the Fleece Inn, and a serving girl herself - until her master commanded her presence in his chambers. To escape from him, she ran away and joined London's sprawling underworld - until she was caught, cruelly convicted and transported to a strange, slave-run sugar plantation in the West Indies. There she found the only man who dared to challenge her wild, untamed spirit....