Emma V. Leech

A cold arrangement. A burning passion. A love they never believed they deserved.
A Daring and Delicious Regency Romance from Best Selling Author Emma V Leech
Jemima Fernside has always been the perfect lady — quiet, dutiful, and destined to marry well. Until the world collapses beneath her feet. Left penniless and alone, she accepts the only offer available to her: become the paid companion to a man she has never met. It is scandalous, improper… and her only chance at survival.

Solomon “Solo” Weston, Baron Rothborn, wants nothing to do with society. Once a decorated officer of the 15th King’s Dragoons, he now limps through life with a damaged leg, a damaged heart, and ghosts that refuse to let him sleep. Books are safer than people. Silence is easier than hope. And hiring a companion is simply a practical solution to a lonely existence.
Until Jemima arrives.

She is gentle but stubborn, proper yet quietly daring, and far more perceptive than Solo ever intended her to be. She sees the man beneath the scars — and refuses to let his ghosts lie quietly in the dark.
What begins as a cold arrangement soon becomes something far more dangerous.

For Jemima, it’s the first spark of desire she has ever known.
For Solo, it’s a reminder that he is still capable of feeling… and of losing everything.

Two wounded hearts.
One unexpected passion.
And a future neither of them believed they deserved.