Rebel

"Valinda Lacy is a Northerner who has come to New Orleans in the aftermath of the Civil War to help the city’s newly emancipated community. Captain Drake LeVeq is a physically formidable hulk of a man from an influential family with a long history in the area. Valinda has a fiancé and Drake a mistress, but their attraction to each other is immediate and unstoppable, challenging them both to make bold choices. Rebel is the first novel in Beverly Jenkins’ Women Who Dare series, and it blends history and romance for a gripping tale of a strong-willed, determined woman and a champion of a man."