With her family's fortune in ruins, Harriet Handley has given up her aspirations of becoming an author.All effort must go to helping her pretty sister Sophie marry well. But when Sophie's wealthy beau returns from the war, he is no longer a wild, lighthearted youth. And while Sophie is dismayed by the transformation, Harriet finds this thoughtful, war-weary man utterly intriguing….Waterloo left Captain John Brookes scarred in body and mind, and Sophie's lukewarm reception only adds to his pain....
