We own the book but I listened to the audiobook from WILBOR (because I can't get enough of those English accents!). This series by Todd takes place during WWI. The main character is Bess Crawford. She nurses wounded soldiers in France and is often back in England on leave. In this book she has just come back to London on leave when she gets a request from the War Office. A wounded soldier is to receive a medal of honor at Buckingham Palace. Due to his extensive injuries he will need help getting there and he has requested her. She doesn't recognize the name Wilkins as someone she nursed but she is willing to help out. He is in a wheelchair and heavily bandaged. She can only see his eyes but he is a nice man. After the ceremony she takes him back to the hotel. He cons her into letting him be by himself with some friends that evening and promises to take his powder before going to bed. She gives into his pleas against her better judgement. She stays in the hotel but of course she can't stay in the room with him! He is gone the next morning and she finds herself in deep trouble with her superiors. In order to clear her reputation she must find him. It is a typical British mystery - slow paced - but I love them.
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