New York Times bestselling author Mary Balogh brilliantly captures the passionate conflict of a woman caught between two loves in this classic tale of friendship devotion intrigueand a love that is the most seductive trap of all.... Hed served with her husband on the battlefieldand secretly desired her for years. Yet for Dominic Lieutenant Lord Eden Ellen Simpson has remained tantalizingly out of reachuntil she is widowed by the war. Suddenly pursued by the dangerously handsome nobleman Ellen is stunned by the depth of attraction he arouses in her. Soon their friendship flames into something deeper...and as scandal ignites marriage seems the only solution. But Ellen has a secretone she can share with no onethat prevents her from fully opening her heart to Dominic. Until he devises his own plan for the ultimate consummation of their passionand the woman he is determined to possess at any cost... show more