The Colonel’s Unlikely Romantic (Hawthorne’s Unlikely Ladies #4)
Tita Oliva
A marriage of convenience.
A war hero who has forgotten how to feel.
And a woman who refuses to accept a life without love.
Charlotte Hawthorne never expected a single night at a London ball to end in scandal—much less in marriage.
Colonel Elias Montgomery survived the war and returned a decorated hero. What he did not bring back was the man he once was. Haunted by loss and bound by rigid discipline, Elias believes love is a luxury he can no longer afford.
When Charlotte’s reputation is threatened, Elias offers the only solution he knows: a marriage of duty.
No promises. No affection. No expectations.
At Montgomery Hall, forced proximity turns silence into tension—and restraint into desire. Charlotte refuses to fade quietly into the role of an obedient wife, while Elias struggles to keep his carefully guarded emotions locked away.
But when the past returns with violence—and Charlotte is taken by a man who blames Elias for his ruin—the colonel must face the one battle he cannot lose.
Losing her is not an option.
A deeply emotional historical romance about a marriage born of obligation, a wounded hero seeking redemption, and the love that grows when two broken hearts are forced to walk the same path.
Book 4 in The Ladies of Hawthorne series.
Can be read as a standalone.
