Audra had two precious childhood friends. The three of them were always together, and Audra ended up marrying one of them, a man named Jeremy. Soon after the death of her husband in the Peninsular War, his large gambling debts came to light. People are now demanding that she use her body to pay off his debts...! But her other childhood friend, British Army Lieutenant Bryan Langford, arrives during her grief-stricken state. "He's the last person I want to see me in this unfortunate state with lewd men swarming around me like hyenas!"

Jenna has always followed her army colonel father and now she lives in a battlefield in Spain with four other officers. All four officers are like family to her, but she is particulary fond of the eldest, Major Garrett. One day, her father is killed in combat! Now Jenna has no choice but to move out of Spain and live with her relative in England. One of the officers suggests that Jenna should marry one of them so that she can stay with them. While Jenna is startled by the officers' proposal, even Garrett asks her to marry him...! Based on the online read "By Honor Bound" by author Julia Justiss.

from fictiondb: Disowned! But deeply in love! Emily Spencer was both when she eloped to the Continent with her handsome young soldier. Now widowhood had brought her back to England -- and into the arms of Evan Mansfield, the dashing Earl of Cheverley, who willingly gave her his heart...but could never give her his name! Elemental and eternal... Such was the passion Emily Spencer inspired in Evan Mansfield. Surely this woman was his destiny, his forever love, despite her lack of aristocratic ties. But honor and a deathbed promise demanded he bind himself in marriage to another -- and abandon the only joy he'd ever known!