Publisher's Synopsis
Deal, Kent, 1812. Following the death of their father, Winnie Lennicker and her sisters become involved in the family's free-trading operations - carrying and hiding contraband - where they are at risk of arrest by the Revenue. When Winnie is caught, she is forced to confess that she is with child. Now more than ever, she is determined to give up smuggling, but the only way she can support herself and her unborn child is to carry on. An opportunity presents itself to carry despatches on behalf of British agents and spies. Soon Winnie discovers the despatches she's carrying aren't what they seem, and she's determined to right the wrongs in the hope of leaving the free trade behind for good.
