I really liked this one a lot and if I could I'd rate it with 3.5 stars. This book has everything I like: a distant hero suffering from a severe head wound, a marriage of convenience and war secrets. As in all marriage-of-convenience plots, he comes to care for her as well and she for him, although she soon learns it was her money that made him marry her. But she also can't deny the passion between them. However, when she tries to get nearer her husband, he pushes her away (or under him!), refusing to confide in her about anything: why is everyone in the ton avoiding him or why is someone trying to kill him? But she is a headstrong woman and she's not easily put off. He on the other hand, wants to find out the truth about that war incident that marked him as a coward -he has no memory of it- so he can stand proudly before his wife. This one was an alpha, domineering male and thankfully the heroine had enough spunk to stand up to him, even if she was 15 years younder than him. I would have rated it with 4 stars, had not the heroine in the last 100 pages acting as TSTL and aggravating me beyond measure. ( )