She feels they have taken enough from her. Tessa, though, wants nothing to do with lighthouses (nor keepers). Ingrid (six) and Gunnar (eight) decide that Tessa would be the perfect wife and mother for their father. Alex joined him to help him with the lighthouse and the children. Michael and Alex Bjorklund are brothers that run the lighthouse. Tessa wants to prove what a good teacher she is and how she can help the children as well as the adults in the community. Since the ship that Tessa came in on is one of the last ships before winter sets in, Percival Updegraff (Chief Clerk for Cole Mine Company Store and Office) decides that Tessa can stay the winter. Taylor (couldn't they tell from the handwriting). They wanted a male teacher for their students and Tessa had signed her letters T.
Unfortunately, the town thought she was male. She wanted to get away from home where everyone knew what she had done. Tessa is hoping for a new start on her life. It is 1871 and Tessa Taylor is heading to Eagle Harbor, Michigan to teach school.
Undaunted Hope by Jody Hedlund is the third book in the Beacons of Hope series.
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