A Shadow's Bliss — Patricia Veryan

WHO WAS THIS GALLANT STRANGER WITHOUT A PAST?

Jennifer Britewell was one of the few people in the Cornish hamlet of Roselley to show kindness toward the wreck of a man who dragged himself into the village, bound for a life of grinding poverty-far removed from Jennifer's world.

Moreover, she was intrigued by this shadowy vagrant, a disconcertingly handsome man who was clearly well bred and educated, but had no memory of his past.

But when the notorious League of Jewelled Men waged a secret plot of destruction in Roselley, the mysterious stranger dared to thwart a scheme that threatened ruin for the Britewell family. And Jennifer discovered-to her heart's bliss-that what waited in the light of truth was freedom, and love...