title: At the Heart's Command
author: McLinn, Patricia
description: HE WAS AN OFFICER... BUT NO GENTLEMAN
  
  The proof? Even when his childhood companion became his best friend's wife, Colonel John Griffin Jr. still wanted her. True, he'd rejected Ellyn's youthful advances, knowing he was unfit to be the husband she deserved. And he'd silently watched her wed another, become a mother, and still cherish his friendship from afar.
  
  But now Ellyn was widowed, his godchildren fatherless. And Grif had to do the right thing: head home to Far Hills and help the little family. Still, he'd need to resist the kids' hero worship... and Ellyn's honeyed lips. For wouldn't a good soldier always protect his beloved -- even from himself?
  
  Heroine: Ellyn Sinclair