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Éprise de littérature, Arabella Blydon l’est beaucoup moins des coureurs de dot qui l’assaillent à Londres. Aussi s’est-elle réfugiée à la campagne chez sa cousine et son époux. C’est à l’occasion d’une promenade qu’elle fait la connaissance de leur voisin, John Blackwood. Ancien soldat récemment anobli pour ses faits d’armes, c’est un homme de principes, solitaire et bourru, qui lui signifie sans détour qu’elle n’a rien à faire sur ses terres. Malgré cette entrée en matière peu engageante, Belle est d’emblée séduite par le personnage. Mais comment amadouer cet ours fâché avec le bonheur ?

Lady Arabella Blydon has beauty and a brain, and she's tired of men who can see only one without the other.

When a suitor tells Arabella he's willing to overlook her appalling bluestocking tendencies on account of her looks and fortune, she decides to take a break from the Marriage Mart. During an extended stay in the country, she never expects to meet Lord John Blackwood, a wounded war hero who intrigues her like no other man.

Lord John has lived through the worst horrors of war... but nothing could have been as terrifying to his tormented heart as Lady Arabella. She is intoxicating, infuriating... and she makes him want to live again. Suddenly he's writing bad poetry and climbing trees in the pitch-dark night... just so he can dance with her as the clock strikes midnight. And even though he knows he can never be the sort of man she deserves, he can't help wanting her. But when the harsh light of day replaces the magic of midnight, can this tormented soul learn to love again?