The Abominable Major — Blair Bancroft

Major Courtland Randolph, after losing a leg at Waterloo, abandons the world of his birth for a hops farm in Kent. He is not pleased when his former commanding officer maneuvers him into returning to society as protector of a lady who once termed him, "The Abominable Major." Yet in the course of dealing with a dashing Russian countess, political unrest, his ex-fiancée, an importunate prince, a mysterious young man from the London slums, a high-born runaway, and a dramatic change in his private life, Court finally accepts that he's still a man. Man enough to love and be loved.

Author's Note: Each Regency Warrior book is a stand-alone story, but THE ABOMINABLE MAJOR has so many cross-over characters from THE LADY TAKES A RISK that you might want to read LADY first.