For three years retired Special Services soldier, Patrick Reeves has avoided his once comfortable world. Unable to accept his terrible injuries he moves to a secluded cottage in France and hides from everyone, most of all himself. But when a bright, beautiful woman, who stirs his blood and steals his heart, discovers the ruined chateau and estate in which his home stands, it is more than his unerring control can bear. For her to flinch from his wounds...