A CONTENTED SPINSTER... Miss Dorothea Ingram has spent her life caring for her younger siblings. She has dutifully followed her brother into war-torn Europe, running his household, such as it is. Not a gregarious soul, she is untroubled by the prospect of being cast into the shadows by her half-sister, Harriet, who is forever surrounded by suitors; she cannot begrude her even the most exalted match, for Dorothea has long since lost her heart to an impossible dream. She fell in love with the unattainable Major Gresham and no one else will do. So she learns contentment with her lot. A RELUCTANT HEART... Major Arthur Greshman cannot recall what it is to live for something other than his military exploits. The loss of his wife is an old wound, healed over by the passing of the years, but he gives little thought to another match. Until, that is, the disastrous repercussions of the Battle of Quatre Bras. The field may well have been won, but heavily wounded and needing attentive care, Major Gresham finds himself in debt to Miss Dorothea Ingram's kindness. If only she did not avoid his gaze when he strove to catch her eye. CAN THEY FIND A HAPPY ENDING?