BOOK #1

*REPUBLISH/RENAME* (ORIG 07/14) Originally titled “The Captive” Captured and tortured by the French, Christian Severn, Duke of Mercia, lost his wife, his son, and his will to live. He struggles with society life until Gillian, Countess of Windmere, pointedly reminds him that he has a daughter who still needs him. As Christian and Gilly spend more and more time together trying to heal Margaret, who was traumatized by her mother's death, their attraction slowly begins to grow. But just as life seems to be getting back to normal, Gilly mysteriously refuses Christian's marriage proposal and Margaret's terrible secret threatens to tear them apart forever.