How can heΒ protect her from himself when she keeps winding up in his arms?
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She never gave up hope. After ten years of prayers for her husband, presumed dead in the Peninsula Wars, Abigail Emerson is shocked to discover him alive. Yet what should be the happily ever after of fairy tales becomes a nightmare when he coldly instructs her to forget sheβd ever seen him. Abigail refuses to let her beloved slip through her fingers again, and she's willing to battle for his love, despite the walls heβs created to barricade his heart.
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Nicholas Emersonβs time as a spy for the War Office has left physical and mental battle wounds. He can never be the charming, carefree man he once wasβthe man his wife deservesβbut when a threat to Abbyβs life returns him to their small Midland village, keeping her safe proves more challenging than expected. If only Abby would forget him and remarry, then he wouldnβt have to face the torment of all the tender, buried feelings she evokes. The consequence of his life as a spy means he can never have her again β¦