[Horsemen Trilogy 03] • Irresistible

Nathaniel Gascoigne has been busy running his country estate since his father's death. However, now he is going to London, partly to help his sister and his cousin find husbands during the Season, but partly also to get together with his three closest friends, by whose sides he fought during the Napoleonic Wars, to enjoy a month or two of sheer relaxation. When they meet the widow of another fellow officer, a lady who had been their comrade and friend during the war years, Nathaniel is overjoyed and soon finds his feelings for her moving beyond mere friendship. But something is troubling her, and when the four men try to help her, she spurns their friendship and will have nothing more to do with Nathaniel.

Sophia Armitage has made a pleasant new life for herself in London since her husband's death at the Battle of Waterloo. Delighted as she is to meet her four friends from the wars again, and much as she is drawn to Nathaniel—as she secretly was years ago—she can neither confide in them nor give rein to her true feelings. But she had agreed to help Nat find a husband for his cousin in the glittering city of London—only half hoping that she'd find one for herself. Sophia knew the odds were against her. Men simply did not seem to be attracted to her—not that way. Even her late husband had treated Sophia more as a companion than a lover. But then something shocking happened in London—Sophia found herself in the arms of Nathaniel himself. Not only did this act of indiscretion threaten their lifelong friendship, it revealed a depth of passion that defied everything Sophia believed about herself...