A wounded warrior. An abandoned countess. Resentment and festering feelings covered by the politeness and social niceties of an arranged marriage. Robert, Eighth Earl of Aberleigh and Georgiana, Lady Aberleigh had been married for six years before he returned, grievously injured, from Waterloo. Will the combined efforts of his family, their staff, and the village rector help him to find peace in the estate he reluctantly inherited? Will the duties of Aberleigh Abbey come to be as important to him as fighting for the king? Will his countess forgive him if and when they do?