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Injured in combat, Main Reese Dewar returns to England—but his accidents are nothing in comparison to his broken heartYears previously, love-struck Reese left his house at Briarwood with a guarantee from raven-haired Elizabeth Clemens that she'd create a living with him upon his return. But pure weeks later, she married the Earl of Aldridge, standing Reese and getting success might never fit. Recollections of this infidelity create his homecoming much more sour than sweet.Seeing Elizabeth on his doorstep dressed up in widow's garb turns the blade even further. But her pride have been overcome by fear for her young son 's safety: she suggests Reese for protection from people who might begin to see the child useless to own his bundle.