Officer Jack Trestain might 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 harbours secrets of her own, and questions that she needs Jack's help to answer! With Celeste's every touch an exquisite temptation, how close can Jack get without revealing his darkest secret of all?
This is an excellent look at one of the officers in Wellington's army and the effect war has on him. Today we would say he suffers from PTSD but then they didn't understand what was going on. Jack Trestain is haunted by his memories and they have effected people around him, they don't know how to cope with him and only when French artist Celeste Marmion comes around does he find a path to some sort of peace.
She isn't without her ghosts either and finding out the truth about her is a useful distraction for her.
Well done, good research and interesting read.
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