Wounded during the American War of Independence, all Robert Lester wants is to return home to Nottinghamshire. But when he arrives, feverish and drenched by a storm, he finds his mother and sister missing and an attractive stranger living in their cottage. Ellen Fairfax, a young widow with a small son, offers him shelter for the night. But Ellen is hiding from her past, and her act of kindness puts all that is most precious to her in jeopardy...
