After surviving the Napoleonic Wars, Sir Benedict Harper is struggling to go on, his body system and spirit in need of a healing touch. Hardly ever does Ben suppose hope comes into play the proper execution of a beautiful woman that has seen her own share of suffering. After the lingering loss of life of her hubby, Samantha McKay is at the mercy of her oppressive in-laws – until she plots an escape to faraway Wales to claim a house she has inherited. Being truly a gentleman, Ben insists that he escort her in the fateful trip. Ben desires Samantha just as much as she wants him, but he is careful. What can a wounded spirit offer any woman? Samantha is preparing to move where fate will take her, to keep behind polite society and even propriety in her desire to have this handsome, honorable soldier. But dare she provide her bruised center as well as her body? The answers to both their questions may be within an improbable place: in each other’s hands.