The Soldier's Dark Secret

The Soldier's Dark Secret
Marguerite Kaye

THE TRUTH BEHIND THE HEROOfficer Jack Trestain might have been one of Wellington’s most valued code-breakers, but since Waterloo he’s hung up his uniform. If only he could just as easily put aside the tortured memories he carries deep within… Perhaps enchanting French artist Celeste Marmion might be the distraction he so desperately craves?Except Celeste harbours secrets of her own, and questions that she needs Jack’s help to answer! With Celeste’s every touch an exquisite temptation, how close can Jack get without revealing his darkest secret of all?Comrades in Arms: war heroes, heartbreakers… husbands?

COMRADES IN ARMSWar heroes, heartbreakers … husbands?

The close friendship between Lieutenant Colonel Jack Trestain and Major Finlay Urquhart was forged in the heat of Waterloo’s battlefield.

Famed for their daring and courage, these are Wellington’s most elite soldiers, but now they’re facing their biggest challenge yet—falling in love!

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The Soldier’s Dark Secret

Marguerite Kaye

www.millsandboon.co.uk (http://www.millsandboon.co.uk)

Born and educated in Scotland, MARGUERITE KAYE originally qualified as a lawyer but chose not to practise. Instead she carved out a career in IT and studied history part-time, gaining first-class honours and a master’s degree. A few decades after winning a children’s national poetry competition she decided to pursue her lifelong ambition to write, and submitted her first historical romance to Mills & Boon

. They accepted it, and she’s been writing ever since. You can contact Marguerite through her website at: www.margueritekaye.com (http://www.margueritekaye.com)

Contents

Cover (#u4b43ae90-dc2b-5f8d-a400-a7e1749acb46)

Introduction (#u145a2dbd-faad-546d-b948-050ab61a17a8)

Praise for Marguerite Kaye (#ulink_56358736-606b-536c-a9f7-d162eb2188d0)

Title Page (#ue58e11e9-1986-56f0-a9c2-41007905165e)

About the Author (#u36bdbfab-186d-5d59-ad5d-f2425b4602de)

Chapter One (#ulink_fd7980a3-384f-5702-8446-da7d32a73636)

Chapter Two (#ulink_f6961095-5916-5954-8aa0-5114f38ecaa5)

Chapter Three (#ulink_ff2c3e6d-2add-52d1-a3a7-821aa7c5b173)

Chapter Four (#ulink_10811c3d-29eb-5901-a001-27e8c46860b4)

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Chapter Seven (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Eight (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Nine (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Ten (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Eleven (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Twelve (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Thirteen (#litres_trial_promo)

Epilogue (#litres_trial_promo)

Historical Note (#litres_trial_promo)

Extract (#litres_trial_promo)

Copyright (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter One (#ulink_41a665c8-6d2a-5bcc-bd94-6eb734937220)

England—August 1815

The small huddle of women and the bedraggled children who clung to their skirts stared at him as one, wide-eyed and unblinking, struck dumb and motionless with fear. Only the compulsive clutching of their mother’s protective fingers around the children’s shoulders betrayed the full extent of their terror. He was accustomed to death in combat, but this was a village, not a battlefield. He was accustomed to seeing enemy causalities, but these were civilians, women and young children...