<p>England 1799: A traumatized soldier returning to a derelict inheritance. A widow with a small son and a manipulative father. </p><p>Major Matthew Southam returns from India hoping to put the trauma of war behind him and forget his past. Instead he finds a derelict estate and a family who wish he'd died abroad. </p><p>Charlotte MacKinnon married without love to avoid her father's unpleasant choice of husband. Now a widow with a young son she lives in a small Cotswold village with only the money she earns by her writing. </p><p>Matthew is haunted by his past and Charlotte is fearful of her father's renewed meddling in her future. After a disastrous first meeting can they help each other find happiness?</p>
