True desire always finds a way . . .
On the night before the final battle against Napoleon, Lady Delphine St.
James finds herself dancing with the one man she has always wanted,
Major Lord Stephen Ives. He makes it clear he has no time for a lady he
sees as flirtatious and silly, but as the call to arms sounds, she bids
him farewell with a kiss that stirs them both. When he returns gravely
injured, she is intent on caring for him, even if his surly behavior
tests her patience.
After the battle, Stephen is not only wounded and blind, but falsely
accused of cowardice and theft. The only light in his dark world is
Delphine, the one woman he never imagined he could desire. But she
deserves more than he can give her.
As their feelings deepen and hidden enemies conspire to force them to
part forever, can their love survive the cruelest test of all?