On her way to Scotland to be a companion for her great-
aunt, Margaret Amberley is caught unaware by a blizzard.
With the carriage slipping and sliding on the treacherous
roads, she takes shelter at an estate. Meg expects the
inhabitants to welcome her from the storm. Instead, she
meets a surly, inebriated man who reluctantly offers her
refuge. While the storm rages for numerous days, Meg treats
her host as she would one of her late naval father's
wounded men. She ignores his slights and prods him to
provide companionship during the blizzard. After an initial
unwillingness, Lord Cade Bryon proves to be an interesting
and complicated man.
Unable to come to terms with his past, Cade has chosen to
remain in solitude away from his loving family. When he was
spying on the French, Cade was caught and forced to watch
them torture and kill his fiancé. He still suffers from the
physical wounds caused by his torture. Cade survives using
liquor and laudanum to ease the pain both mental and
physical. What he does not need is an outrageous young lady
who challenges him at every turn.
When a neighbor catches them without a chaperone, Cade
concocts a plan to prevent Meg's reputation from being
destroyed. They will go to London and pretend they are
engaged. At the end of the Season, Meg can jilt Cade and he
can go back to his solitary existence. However, plans
change when feelings become real. Then a man appears from
Cade's past and the sanity that was returning threatens to
be destroyed.
Ms. Warren develops an unorthodox heroine full of spirit
for her fallen hero. Cade's endeavors to overcome old
memories and a wounded heart make a compelling and poignant
story. The large Byron family who surrounds and protects
them when a crisis arises adds to the heartwarming story.
Meet the Byrons--they're not related to that Byron,
but they're almost as scandalous. And no one is more
scandalous than Lord Cade Byron. Handsome--in a rugged
way--and holed up in the country, the last thing he wants is
intrusion by some female.
But Meg Amberley has no choice. Caught in a snowstorm, she
takes refuge at his estate--it's that or freeze to death,
although he's so terrible that heading back out into
the snow becomes a possibility. But when it's discovered
she's been there, essentially alone, for weeks, Cade strikes
a bargain to save her reputation. She must pose as his
fiance until it becomes acceptable to set him free. But does
he truly want that freedom?
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