Lieutenant Thaddeus Phippen has lived a lifetime away from the only love he ever knew, Lady Edith, a powerful duke's daughter. Thaddeus has now returned from fighting Boney's forces, ready to put aside tragic battlefield remembrances and the memory of past heartbreak of love lost. Lady Edith Peregrine, the Marchioness of Bourchier has never loved anyone the way she loved Thaddeus Phippen. It never mattered to her that he was born outside the peerage. When he went to war, her heart went with him. Is the divide between former lovers too great to forge a future together...or can they at last have a love to last a lifetime? This novella, previously released in the "Big Duke Energy" collection features expanded scenes and new content!