


Nor can she seem to silence all the temptingly intimate thoughts his nearness provokes. She knows befriending Wesley is a risk but Ellie can't bear to see his heartache. Independent and strong-willed, Ellie has dreams of captaining her own husband-free life and a penchant for meddling in other's business.

As he struggles to cope and resume his place in Polite Society, Wesley is quick to cut himself off from everyone.except for Ellie Balfour. Deep wounds from the horrors of combat-and the despair of a broken heart-left him scarred. Despite a hero's return to England from the Napoleonic Wars, Wesley Audley isolates from the ton. Book Synopsis When a wounded soldier and self-proclaimed "beast" finds unlikely friendship with a headstrong and unconventional beauty, they quickly find themselves weaving a tale as old as time.
