Captive of Sin by Anna Campbell

First line: “Good God, what have we here?”

The first line of this book is deceiving. No one would ever be able tell that the heroine has been beaten within an inch of her life; and that the hero cannot abide being touched. It makes him violently ill.
We’ll start with Her: Only three weeks until she comes into her majority to receive a substantial inheritance when she’ll become one of the richest heiresses of the time. The crux is her stepbrothers need to marry her off to take control of the money to pay off their debt.
Next Him: When he stumbles across her, her face is swollen, bruised and battered, her clothes torn and dirty. His recent return from the Continent after years of war as a spy, is to take over his new title now that his father and brother are dead. The horrors he faced when he was captured turn him into a British hero, but he doesn’t feel like a hero. His compatriots did not survive. (I will not divulge why he cannot be touched).
He hides Her from her stepbrothers, which makes him a criminal. His solution is to marry. But that is a dilemma for her when he cannot stand the touch of another human.
This story is a new twist. Very dramatic. Not much in the way of comedic relief, but well worth the read.

For readers who love the intrigue, drama and emotional pulls. — Kathy L Wheeler.

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