Seeking Redemption

At nineteen Lady Lydia Markham was beautiful bookish and naïve. Her sheltered loveless upbringing had not educated her in the ways of the beau monde or the men who inhabited it. So when she met Nathaniel Lord Fairmont it was all too easy to be swept away by his rakish charm and good looks. She was devastated when he did not propose marriage but joined Wellingtons army instead. Six years of battle has changed Nathaniel: older wiser the conqueror of the addictions that drove his misspent youth hes avowed to start afresh. But a chance meeting with Lydia unnerves him; she is so very keen to speak to him yet he cannot fathom why. Has she waited for him all these years? He is unfit for her and is focused on making amends for anothers life that he ruined and he urges her to forget him. Nathaniels indifference leaves Lydia heartbroken but she reaffirms her vow to begin anew. Unfortunately she needs Nathaniels assistance. If ensuring his aid means following him to the Continent where hes gone to fight Napoleon with the Household Guards then so be it. But will he help once he knows her secret? Is redemption possible?