Hester — Marion Carr

Trapped by the British blockade of Charleston, its inhabitants were beginning to find life difficult, none more so than Hester Mackay and her Aunt Kizzy. With brother George presumed dead, their only recourse would be to take in boarders, but the only prospects were the British themselves... When privateer Benjamin Blake requested rooms for himself and some of his men. Hester's instinctive response was to say no, for this tall handsome man upset her equilibrium. But Aunt Kizzy said yes, and that set on course a surprising chain of events.