Fateful Deception

Captain Robert Monceaux, lately back from the retreat from Corunna on the Peninsula, is kicking his heels in Hounslow barracks. He rescues Lucinda Handscombe from highway robbers on Hounslow Heath, but she is determined to take control of her own destiny and is in no mood to bow to his high-handed behaviour. Regency Romance novella by Kate Allan; originally published by DC Thomson.