Kindred Spirits

Honorable to a fault and unable to accept a perceived lapse in his behavior at Waterloo - Col. Jack Caldwell heads for the seacliffs near his home to end his life. However - his plans are foiled by a young woman from the neighboring estate - whom - it turns out - Jack had rescued in France 12 years earlier when she was an orphaned child. Kept prisoner on her country estate by her guardian - who has designs on her inheritance and has convinced everyone that she is mad - Marianne Barnett is in danger - and Jack is determined to help. A melancholic hero whose self-esteem is damaged almost beyond redemption and a heroine whose physical and emotional isolation has rendered her hysterical around strangers find new life-and love-when they begin to help each other to heal.