What a Soldier Seeks (The Husband Hunters #4) PDF
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Eleanor Barnes is shy. So shy that every social gathering, however small, is a painful form of torture - and her mother and father constantly criticising this apparent flaw in her personality certainly don't help. Eleanor has been standing on the very edges of the ton ever since she was forced into the social whirl, with no support apart from that of her best friends and no hope of her excruciating shyness ever improving. One night, during yet another talking-to from her mother at yet another ball, Eleanor cracks. Fleeing on foot feels briefly liberating as she runs across the lawns of the Northolt estate at the dead of night, but reality reappears when she comes across Peter White, former soldier and awkward acquaintance. Eleanor isn't expecting to see Peter - and certainly isn't expecting the man to throw her to the ground as if she's an enemy, turning her ankle in the process. Peter can't believe what he's done. His wartime experiences have haunted him for some time, but he's never lashed out like this before - and certainly never hurt someone as sweet and defenceless as Eleanor Barnes. Full of guilt, he insists that Eleanor be taken to his townhouse immediately in order to recover, and is determined to hide the tender feelings he's always held towards the shy, refined woman. But he can't help comforting her. Can't help caring for her, ministering to her like a nursemaid. Soon he and Eleanor are one another's closest confidantes, and passion can't help but follow. But can Peter, still weighed down by his past, break free of it? And can Eleanor, stricken by shyness all her life, find the courage to find Peter how she feels?
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