Fortune

<p>1800 Bristol.<br>Newly widowed Jessica faces destitution along with her teenage daughters until Captain Parnell offers her a role of landlady at his boarding house while he is away with the navy. Jessica's youngest daughter Amelia becomes a companion to the frivolous Mrs Webster and attracts the attention of two brothers but as a penniless young woman is she more appealing as a mistress rather than a wife? Lydia the eldest daughter wishes she could have been born a boy so she could train as a surgeon and marry her best friend Miss Thomas. Meanwhile Jessica has established an increasingly affectionate correspondence with Captain Parnell but can she learn to love again after her husband's betrayal? A tale of rebuilding life after loss and shaping your own destiny.</p>