Louise Allen’s sumptuous prose has won<br> the author a fervent following for her historical romances. A young widow in search of a new life Meg happens upon the unconscious Major Brandon on the Bordeaux docks. Posing as his wife she helps him aboard a ship for England.<br> With some convincing the major agrees to take her on as his housekeeper—and possibly much more. “Allen reaches into readers’ hearts.”—Romantic Times