Before the Scandal by Suzanne Enoch
First line: Lieutenant Colonel Phineas Bromley didn’t expect paradise.
Suzanne Enoch has a true knack for historical intrigue. Her cast of characters is wide and varied. In her newest book, Before the Scandal, Lieutenant Bromley has not been home for ten years because he is running from himself. Having caused his elder brother’s accident in which he would never again walk, Bromley joins the effort to quash the Bonaparte and the French. But his younger sister sends him a letter begging his return before it’s too late to see his brother on his deathbed. His childhood friend Alyse, thrown in the mix by her cousin to entice Bromley, is the only one he can trust.
For: Women who want a book that you cannot put down for turning the pages, Suzanne Enoch never fails in her efforts. -Kathy Wheeler