Synopses & Reviews
From New York Times bestselling legend Mary Baloghand the beloved author of Longing, Silent Melody, and Beyond the Sunrisecomes a ravishing novel of passion and duty, love and menace....
Life has taught Lucas Kendrick, Duke of Harndon, that a heart is a decided liability. Betrayed by his elder brother, rejected by his fiancée, banished by his father, and shunned by his mother, Luke fled to Paris, where he became the most sought-after bachelor in fashionable society.
Ten years later, fate has brought him back home to England as head of the family who rejected him. Unwilling as he is to be involved with them, he must assume responsibility for his younger siblings, the family estate he once lovedand the succession. He faces the prospect of marrying with the greatest reluctanceuntil he sees beguiling Lady Anna Marlowe across a ballroom one night.
Anna, far from being the bright-eyed innocent Luke takes her for, is no more a stranger to the shadows of a painful past than he is. But for her, marriage cannot so easily solve what is wrong in her lifenot when a tormentor stalks her to the very doors of Bowden Abbey, where Luke and Anna must learn to trust in each other or risk any chance they may have for a happy future.
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Everyone loves Mary Balogh!
“One of the best!”—New York Times bestselling author Julia Quinn
"Balogh is todays superstar heir to the marvelous legacy of Georgette Heyer, (except a lot steamier!)”—New York Times bestselling author Susan Elizabeth Phillips
"With her brilliant, beautiful and emotionally intense writing Mary Balogh sets the gold standard in historical romance."—New York Times bestselling author Jayne Ann Krentz
"When it comes to historical romance, Mary Balogh is one of my favorites!"—New York Times bestselling author Eloisa James
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Praise for Mary Balogh and her novels:
"Once you start a Mary Balogh book, you wont be able to stop reading.” —New York Times Bestselling Author Susan Elizabeth Phillips
“A romance writer of mesmerizing intensity.”—New York Times bestselling author Mary Jo Putney
“Thoroughly enjoyable.”—New York Times bestselling author Janelle Taylor
“Winning, witty, and engaging…fulfilled all of my romantic fantasies.”—New York Times bestselling author Teresa Medeiros
“Mary Balogh is a superb author...reminiscent of Jane Austen.”—Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
“Mary Balogh reaches deep and touches the heart.”—New York Times bestselling author Joan Johnston
“One of the best!”—New York Times bestselling author Julia Quinn
"Mary Balogh sets the gold standard in historical romance."—New York Times bestselling author Jayne Ann Krentz
"When it comes to historical romance, Mary Balogh is one of my favorites!"—New York Times bestselling author Eloisa James
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Praise for Mary Balogh “Once you start a Mary Balogh book, you wont be able to stop reading.”—Susan Elizabeth Phillips, New York Times Bestselling Author of Heroes are My Weakness
“Mary Balogh sets the gold standard in historical romance.”—Jayne Ann Krentz, New York Times Bestselling Author of River Road
“One of the best!”—Julia Quinn, New York Times Bestselling Author of The Secrets of Sir Richard Kenworthy
“A romance writer of mesmerizing intensity.”— Mary Jo Putney, New York Times Bestselling Author of Not Quite a Wife
“Mary Balogh just keeps getting better and better…interesting characters and great stories to tell...well worth your time.”—The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Synopsis
The new Survivors Club novel from the New York Times bestselling author. The Survivors Club: Six men and one woman, all wounded in the Napoleonic Wars, their friendship forged during their recovery at Penderris Hall in Cornwall. Now, for one of them, striking a most unusual bargain will change his life forever.
Ralph Stockwood prides himself on being a leader, but when he convinced his friends to fight in the Napoleonic Wars, he never envisioned being the sole survivor. Racked with guilt over their deaths, Ralph must move on...and find a wife so as to secure an heir to his familys title and fortune.
Since her Seasons in London ended in disaster, Chloe Muirhead is resigned to spinsterhood. Driven by the need to escape her family, she takes refuge at the home of her mothers godmother, where she meets Ralph. He needs a wife. She wants a husband. So Chloe makes an outrageous suggestion: Strike a bargain and get married. One condition: Ralph has to promise that he will never take her back to London. But circumstances change. And to Ralph, it was only a promise.
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The Survivors Club: Six men and one woman, injured in the Napoleonic Wars, their friendships forged in steel and loyalty. But for one, her trials are not over.... Since witnessing the death of her husband during the wars, Imogen, Lady Barclay, has secluded herself in the confines of Hardford Hall, their home in Cornwall. The new owner has failed to take up his inheritance, and Imogen desperately hopes he will never come to disturb her fragile peace.
Percival Hayes, Earl of Hardford, has no interest in the wilds of Cornwall, but when he impulsively decides to pay a visit to his estate there, he is shocked to discover that it is not the ruined heap he had expected. He is equally shocked to find the beautiful widow of his predecessors son living there.
Soon Imogen awakens in Percy a passion he has never thought himself capable of feeling. But can he save her from her misery and reawaken her soul? And what will it mean for him if he succeeds?
About the Author
Mary Balogh grew up in Wales and now lives with her husband, Robert, in Saskatchewan, Canada. She has written more than one hundred historical novels and novellas, more than thirty of which have been New York Times bestsellers. They include the Slightly sestet (the Bedwyn saga), the Simply quartet, the Huxtable quintet, and the ongoing seven-part Survivors Club series.