INTRIGUE. TENSION. LOVE AFFAIRS: In The Historical Romance series, a set of stand-alone novels, Vivian Stuart builds her compelling narratives around the dramatic lives of sea captains, nurses, surgeons, and members of the aristocracy. Stuart takes us back to the societies of the 20th century, drawing on her own experience of places across Australia, India, East Asia, and the Middle East. After two years in the Arctic, Ninian Moray came back – only to find that everyone believed him dead. His brother had inherited his Highland estate and married Catherine, his fiancée. An engagement to another girl seemed the only refuge from his emotional difficulties, but was that fair to Jill? And how would it all end?