life's rules , life's story

VAN DIEMEN'S LAND (Now Tasmania), Australia 1840. Jessica has been transported for the theft of a brooch. A crime she did not commit. Beaten and brutalized by Muster Master Pead, she is assigned to wealthy shipping merchant Louis Copeland. A man she refuses to obey. The battle begins. Louis realises she is not who she says she is. His search to find out the real circumstances behind her transportation ignites feelings he has never experienced before. Can he get the stubborn wench to fall in love with him or will he have to send her back to Port Arthur's notorious penal colony and certain death? SOME MATURE CONTENT

Cheeky rom-com Short Story (20min read). PG14 rating. A fun slice of la-vie-en-rose, illustrating the difficulties of reading the opposite sex. Contains implicit scenes of sexuality;-) One name has been changed to protect the innocent; the rest of us are guilty. Spoiler alert! Beginning (foreplay); Middle (consummation); End (post-coital blues)... figuratively speaking, that is.