IT WILL TAKE THEIR COMBINED LOVE AND DETERMINATION TO BREAK THROUGH GIDEON'S DEFENSES. For fans of KJ Charles and Cat Sebastian "No one does the hot historical better..." Kate Pearce, NYT and USA Today Bestselling Author. Brothers in Arms Books Seven In this why choose Regency historical romance novel, Gideon North wants a wife. She must be practical and hardworking. But above all, she must have a hearty constitution. Horribly injured and scarred from his Peninsular War service, Gideon does not want to deal with a wife who flinches every time she looks at him.
Gideon's estate manager Charles Borden was his sergeant in the war. Inseparable but almost always at odds, the two men agree that Sarah Whitley is the perfect wife for Gideon. Strong, beautiful and intelligent with a dry sense of humor, Sarah bears her own marks from a life spent in the shadows.
When Sarah learns to let go of her fears, she frees both men to acknowledge the love and attraction that has always existed between them. The three become intimate but the eroticism of their encounters in the bedroom does not guarantee happiness. Gideon's defenses mire them in the past. Only together can Sarah and Charles break through to build a future with Gideon.
A second chances, friends to lovers, marriage of convenience, Regency historical erotic romance
Trigger Warnings: Burn scar descriptions, amputee hero, PTSD, depiction of battlefield violence, suicidal ideation, Strawberry birthmark, incompetent doctor, descriptions of questionable medical procedures, alcoholism, horses, meddling friends, explicit m nage and gay sex 
