Rosalind March is frantic. Her featherheaded younger sister, Lucy, has disappeared from Newgate Prison following her arrest for stealing. Rosalind has a few vague clues, but no one of influence to aid her. As Colonel March's young widow, Rosalind has no aristocratic friends. She married above her station to an older man for security and stability for herself and siblings. The one man who might help her is Captain Chase Eversea. As a young, immature married woman, Rosalind felt the attraction to Chase and she nearly abandoned her marriage vows. They parted bitterly.
A war wound has left Captain Chase Eversea with a limp and constant pain. He feels unsettled since the war and rejects his family's advice to marry. When he receives a mysterious note to meet a lady, Chase banishes his inclination to ignore it. Rosalind March startles Chase as the author of the note. She is the woman who almost cost him his honor. He dismisses her plea and walks away. When he stumbles upon her spying on his friends, Chase relents and agrees to help her.
Chase discovers the unsophisticated woman is gone. The war changed not only him, but Rosalind as well. Her scars are invisible. As they search for her sister, Chase finds Rosalind is as courageous and as dutiful to family as he is. Their attraction deepens while they follow the clues to who has kidnapped Lucy.
Ms. Long touches on the horrors of war. She shows how war makes some into wise and honorable men and women, while in others it brings out the ruthlessness and depravity. She lightens the tale with a light-fingered urchin and the love and healing of Chase and Rosalind's romance.
Fearless. Loyal. Brilliant.
Ruthless. Bold words are always used to describe English
war hero Captain Chase Eversea, but another word
unfortunately plays a role in every Eversea's destiny:
trouble. And trouble for Chase arrives in the form of a
mysterious message summoning him to a London
rendezvous . . . where he encounters the memory of his
most wicked indiscretion in the flesh: Rosalind Marchβthe
only woman he could never forget.
A Woman of
Passion. . .
Five years ago, the reckless,
charming beauty craved the formidable Captain's attention.
But now Rosalind is a coolly self-possessed woman, and
desire is the last thing on her mind: her sister has
mysteriously disappeared and she needs Chase's help to
find her. But as their search through London's darkest
corners re-ignites long-smoldering passion and memories of
old battles, Chase and Rosalind are challenged to
surrender: to the depths of a wicked desire, and to the
possibility of love.
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