The House of Ashbourne - Book 4

The Soldier’s Return

De: Polly Elizabeth

Narrado por: Virtual Voice

A wounded Major. A relentless reformer. A city built on secrets.

Fresh from the Peninsula and already limping through London’s ruthlessly glittering Season, Major Gabriel Ashbourne wants only one thing: to keep his family name out of the betting book at White’s. Miss Beatrice Hartwell wants something far more dangerous—bread, roofs, and truth—for the widows and children her little charity school refuses to abandon.

When forged vouchers and a counterfeit countersignature point to a rot running from the Pay Office to the City, Gabe and Beatrice strike a bargain: his access and discipline for her evidence and iron will. Ballrooms become battlefields, riverside warehouses become traps, and a single dull phrase—stamp, not seal—could topple reputations far grander than theirs. As warrants fly and donors flinch, partnership turns to something neither of them can afford to name…unless they mean to keep a door open for more than just the children.

The Soldier’s Return delivers a slow-burn Regency romance with real stakes: courtroom tension, candlelit banter, and a found family that refuses to break. Expect a scarred soldier learning steadiness isn’t weakness, a bluestocking who will not recant, and a happily-ever-after hard-won and fully paid.

Perfect for readers of Lisa Kleypas, Mary Balogh, and Evie Dunmore.

Tropes you’ll love: wounded hero • bluestocking reformer • opposites attract • forced partnership • found family • slow burn • proper HEA

Series: Book Four in the Ashbourne novels. Can be read as a standalone.