Synopsis "The Tree Of Love"
Devastated By The Treachery Of The Woman He Loves, The Marquis Ofkenworth Leaves London And The Prince Regent?S Intimate Circle Ofpleasure Loving Friends, To Join The Duke Of Wellington?S Army Asplain Captain Ivan Worth.
Facing Hardship And The Grim Realityof Battle He Is Convinced That No Woman Can Ever Be Trusted To Lovehim For Himself, Rather Than His Title, And Turns His Back On Romanceforever. Now, Wounded By A Shell From A French Gun, He Is In Paris, An Invalid Guest Of His Close Friend The Duke, Waiting For His Wound Toheal And Nursing His Broken Heart.
Into This House Of Despaircomes Shenda, The Beautiful Daughter Of Lord Linbury, Who Is Orphanedafter The Death Of Her Esteemed, But Poverty Stricken Father. Alone In The World, She Has Travelled To Paris To Fulfill Her Father?S Lastwish That She Seek The Protection Of His Old Friend, The Duke Ofwellington.
Still Celebrating His Victory At The Battle Ofwaterloo, The Duke Quickly Realises That His New Ward Is Young Andinnocent, As Well As Beautiful. Knowing That His Reputation With Women Precludes Shenda From Staying In His Own House, He Sets Her The Taskof Nursing Captain Worth.
Despite Her Patient?S Rages And Hisobvious Disgust For Women, Shenda Enthusiastically Sets To Work, Using Her Mother?S Traditional Herbal Remedies In Place Of The Syntheticmedicines Prescribed By The French Doctors.
But Are Shenda?S Powers Of Healing Enough To Make The Cantankerous Captain Change His Mindand Allow Her To Stay? Or Will He Cast Her Out Onto The Dirty, Roughstreets Of Paris? As She Plays Her Music For Him, Putting Her Heartand Soul Into Every Piece, Can She Soothe His Troubled Mind As Well As Heal The Bullet Hole In His Shoulder? Or Will She Be Cast Out Ontothe Streets Of Paris To Fend For Herself? /
