![]() ![]() ![]() But Samantha harbors a guilty conscience and a dark secret that she knows will make it impossible for them to ever be together. Instead her quiet patience eventually tames his beastly nature and earns not only his respect but his love as well. He behaves abominably toward Samantha in an effort to get her to resign, but she refuses to be cowed by him. She stubbornly sets about trying to prove just that, but Gabriel will have none of it. She wants nothing more than to show him that his life isn't over because of his disability. When she sees him stumbling around the house, her heart goes out to him. Samantha Wickersham comes to Fairchild Park to apply for the position as Gabriel's nurse. He has already scared off every nurse that his father hired to care for him until he finally meets his match. Refusing to be coddled, he blunders his way around the mansion, smashing everything in his path. ![]() Anger over the loss of his sight, and more importantly his independence, has turned Gabriel into a surly master who spends his days all but terrorizing his servants. ![]() Now he lives in a self-imposed exile at his family's country estate. He had gone to war to prove his worth to the only woman he'd ever loved, but she left him when he returned incapacitated, and his family treats him like an invalid. After sustaining a severe injury during a pivotal battle, he was struck blind. Gabriel Fairchild is a war hero, but he doesn't feel much like one.
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