The Model Mistress — Sorcha MacMurrough

Martin Jerome has been a broken man ever since he and his new bride were attacked by highwaymen four years before. Left a widower haunted by his loss, he drifts through life a grim shadow of his former self until a chance meeting with lovely Eswara Paignton opens up a whole new world of possibilities.

Exotically beautiful Eswara, a great healer from India, can sense Martin's inner turmoil and despair. Though older than the handsome Martin, she soon finds herself falling in love with the wounded spirit tormented by his own inner demons.

Through his befriending of her teenage son, Martin finds himself seeking out the alluring widow's company more and more. Both silently ache for the other. Both know the potential consequences of becoming lovers in their rigid society.

But the more they struggle against their attraction, the more certain they become that the explosive passion which drives them is truly a gift from the gods...