Lady Phoebe Batten is pretty, vivacious, and yearning for a social life. But because she is almost completely blind, her overprotective brother insists that she have an armed bodyguard by her side at all times-- the very irritating Captain Trevillion. He was cursed with a leg injury from his service in the King's dragoons, yet he can still shoot and ride like the devil, so watching over the distracting Lady Phoebe should be no problem at all-- until she's targeted by kidnappers. But while they're confined to close quarters, Phoebe begins to see the possibility of a life-- and love-- she never imagined possible.