Snow in Summer — Tess Farraday

Christopher "Kit" Gallatin was a soldier for Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth -- until a betrayal in battle struck him down and pinned on his name the undeserved label of traitor. In despair, Kit's brother made a box out of Kit's sword hilt, to house Kit's heart in tribute...

Now the spirit of Kit Gallatin, bitter from the betrayal of his former fiancee and from centuries of drifting, has finally found the box that would bring him peaceful rest. Little does he know that the lovely young woman who has it, Miranda Fairfield, will arouse the old desires that he thought had died with his former life. And when she faces danger from someone trying to steal his box and terrorize her world, he has to save her -- to find his true heart, and to find the healing power of love...