A Comfortable Alliance: A Regency Novel

When Will Earl of Rastleigh meets Helena Swift he is intrigued by her composure her kindness and her intelligence. As their friendship develops he realises he has found his ideal wife if only he can slip past her guard and overcome her well-known aversion to matrimony.Tempted by the thought of children of her own and encouraged by her mother to leave the shallows where she has lingered since her fiancé died of the wounds he received at Waterloo Helena accepts Wills offer of a marriage based not on dangerous love but affectionate companionship and mutual respect.But is this enough?As Will gets to know his wife better and the secrets of her past unfold he realises that they have settled for second-best. Can he change the basis of their marriage? Will Helena risk her heart and dare to love again?