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Book Review of Hester Roon

Hester Roon
Hester Roon
Author: Norah Lofts
Genre: Romance
Book Type: Paperback
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18th Century England

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...