I cannot believe this book hasn't been reviewed before!The cover alone is swoon-worthy and puts the feuding and skirmishes into the shadow of 2 wars and 10 years fighting one despot:Napoleon. We are rarely told of the women who "followed the drum" with their husbands all over Europe to nurse the highest lords to the lowest common soldier. Yet, they danced in brief respites after battles were won, had yet to begin, or Brit Society mixed with their European Allies. I have no doubt  single ladies did fall in love on the eve of battle, in one night, knowing they would likely never see them alive and whole again. This is the where we meet our H&H on the night before the last & final battle: Waterloo. Indeed, the plot unfolds with a bittersweet kiss. From there, jump ahead to the nightmare of waking near death and blind, accused of heinous crimes in England. He is nobody's hero now.
The gentlemen's code of honor applies absolutely, except when it doesn't, where war crimes against our Hero all seem to condemn him to dishonor & disgrace. No one is counting on his steadfast nurse, whose face is now lost to him. In her place is a well-dowered and connected "toast of the ton: Suitors are lining up at the door, but Delphine can only "see" him and all wonderful ways to teach Lord Stephen independence (but not from her)and when he see her with his hands...Lecia,you do such arousing love scenes! Delphine knows he's all wrong for her. Accused of crimes he is helpless to disprove. The mystery deepens,the enemy closes in,and this romantic bliss is filled with flashbacks and plot twists..and: Don't miss this,orANY by Lecia Cornwall!

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