Balogh, Mary  
  
  
    "Abigail Westcott's dreams for her future were lost when her father died and she discovered her parents were not legally married. But now
 six years later
 she enjoys the independence a life without expectation provides a wealthy single woman. Indeed
 she's grown confident enough to scold the careless servant chopping wood outside without his shirt on in the proximity of ladies. But the man is not a servant. He is Gilbert Bennington
 the lieutenant colonel and superior officer who has escorted her wounded brother
 Harry
 home from the wars with Napoleon. Gil has come to help his friend and junior officer recover
 and he doesn't take lightly to being condescended to--secretly because of his own humble beginnings.