HIS LORDSHIP'S DESIRE

The heroine of His Lordship’s Desire is Diana Sherwood. She has grown up living with her mother, Louisa, in a cottage on the estate of the Earl of Standish. Diana’s father was killed in the Peninsula War and the generosity of the Countess of Standish, Louisa’s cousin, allows the Sherwoods to escape the poverty that would otherwise have been their lot.

The hero of His Lordship’s Desire is Alex Devize, who succeeds his father as Earl of Standish. Alex and Diana fall in love when they are very young and they plan to marry when they are older. Neither one of them takes into account their vastly different social and economic stations. They are Alex-and-Dee and that is enough for them.

Then Alex has a chance to join the military, something he has wanted all his life. When his father finally relents and buys him a commission, he can’t turn it down. He leaves for the Peninsula, fully expecting to marry Diana when he returns. For the second time in her life, Diana is abandoned for the military by a man she loves and trusts. Her feelings for Alex change when this happens.

The book opens with Alex’s return from the war. The novel is about the emotional scars that divide Alex and Diana and about how they are able to heal and eventually fulfill their great mutual love.

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