Seeking Redemption

Lydia Markham was nineteen, lovely, fond of books and very inexperienced. She had been raised in a cold, joyless household that taught her little about the fashionable circles of London or the gentlemen who moved within them. When Nathaniel, Lord Fairmont, came into her life, his easy wit and handsome looks carried her away. His refusal to offer marriage left her crushed, and he responded by enlisting in Wellington's army.

Six years of war have transformed Nathaniel. He is older and steadier, and he has overcome the vices that marked his reckless youth. Determined to live differently, he is thrown off balance when he runs into Lydia and sees how eager she is to talk with him, a motive he cannot understand. Has she been waiting for him all this time? Believing himself unworthy of her, and still trying to atone for harm he caused another person's life, he asks her to put him out of her mind.

Lydia is hurt by his coldness, yet she holds fast to her resolve to start over. She does, however, need his help. To secure it, she is prepared to follow him across the Channel, where he has gone to fight Napoleon with the Household Guards. The question is whether he will still stand by her once he learns the secret she carries.