This couple grabs us from the moment we see them meet, and never let go until the final sentence. I will try to give an honest review without giving any spoilers so you can really enjoy this book as much as I did.

Sarah Deveril is a quiet spinster happy to look after her brother Jonathan at the vicarage, until he gets married. Left alone while he goes on honeymoon, she is looking forward to a quiet summer until a handsome, scarred and blind stranger appears on her doorstep claiming that HE is Jonathan.

At first she thinks it is a typical Rakehell prank, but they too are all away for the summer in Ireland. Taking pity on the man, she calls him Alexander, and takes him in as her cousin to stop tongues wagging.

As they live together in confined quarters and she helps him with many personal chores due to his blindness, the sensual spark between them bursts into a bonfire with the most catastrophic consequences for a woman in her position.

But scandal is the least of her worries, for since Alexander knows nothing of his past, he has no idea if he was a hero or villain during the Peninsular war against Napoleon, and is almost too terrified to find out.

Sarah’s own terror about this is nothing, however, compared to her fears as she becomes increasingly convinced that someone is trying to kill the man she has grown to love.

Elegant Bath and the quiet vicarage suddenly become dark, sinister places, and it is only through the whole village taking the remarkable Alexander under their wing that they even have a hope of staying safe and finding out the truth about his real identity before it’s too late.

Alexander is a terrific hero, and them a well matched, passionate couple who have to deal with some very real issues as they fall in love. Sensual and even erotic, this is a really special romance you will treasure.