Irresistible / Mary Balogh 313 p. Dec. Challenge 5 Gold Rings

Sophia Armitage is a friend and a kind person.  She agrees to help Sir Nathaniel Gascoigne find a husband for his cousin Lavinia during the London season.  While there she wouldn't say know no to finding one for herself.  But the cards are not stacked for her, men just are not attracted to her...she is more of a companion even to her husband while he was alive. Sophia has a secret.  Nathaniel suspects this but Sophia won't share.  She won't ask for help.  It involves her late husband who was an honorable and decorated soldier.  Nathaniel and his friends have long admired Sophia while they served in the war.  But one night it changes.  And she finds herself in the arms of Nathaniel.  But her secret must remain a secret.  She chooses to go her own way.  But will she always be alone?