A military man burdened by dark secrets finds love and healing in the arms of a beautiful French woman in this Regency-era romance.

Officer Jack Trestain may have been one of Wellington's most valued code-breakers, but since Waterloo, he's hung up his uniform. If only he could just as easily put aside the tortured memories he carries deep within . . .

Perhaps enchanting French artist Celeste Marmion might be the distraction he so desperately craves? Except Celeste harbors secrets of her own, and questions that she needs Jack's help to solve. With Celeste's every touch an exquisite temptation, how close can Jack get without revealing his darkest secret of all?

"Kaye delivers a sexy and convincing beauty-and-the-wounded-beast tale of desire and redemption." —Romantic Times