These two wounded souls find an undeniable passion, and love, in each others arms, but the bliss of their relationship isn't to last. Knowing that Lister hates to give up anything-even a mistress he's cast aside-Helen flees to Scotland and the home of a man she's never met. She leaves the duke, taking with her their two young children. Its up to Helen to convince the reclusive owner of his need for her as she bravely pushes her way into the surly, scarred, unwilling owners life and home. But when the duke takes a new, younger mistress, Helen makes a decision she knows isn't a mistake. Helen Fitzwilliam has led a life full of mistakes, not least among them spending the last ten years as mistress to the Duke of Lister, a man without any kindness. Until a dark and stormy night when he opens the door to a buxom beauty claiming to be his new housekeeper. Because of his scars he lives a near solitary existence in a crumbling Scottish castle. Sir Alistair Munroe is a naturalist knighted for his service to the crown during the French and Indian War - a war that left him horribly maimed. Yet Helen is determined to start a new life and wont let dustor a beast of a manscare her away.
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