The Desire
Refuge from the Nightmare

Caught in the cataclysm of the Civil War, Belinda Coulter found refuge from her private battles in nursing the Confederate wounded. Here she could heal others, if not herself. But then the tides of war swept her into the arms of the one man who could breach her defenses and force her to trust again... .

There were only two things that Captain Ryan Tanner was certain of--that this war would be long and bloody, and that Belinda Coulter was both brave and fragile. What secret sorrows drove her to the front lines? And how could he convince her she would be forever safe with him?