Only a Promise
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 to secure an heir to his family's title and fortune.Since...
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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 to secure an heir to his family's title and fortune.Since her Seasons in London ended in disaster, Chloe Muirhead is resigned to spinst
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Format: Paperback
ISBN:
9780349405315 (034940531X)
Publisher: Piatkus
Pages no: 394
Edition language: English
It’s hard for me to write a review for this book. On one hand, it made an impact. On the other, I didn’t really like it, even though I couldn’t stop reading. The problem, as is often the case for me, is in the protagonists, or rather one of them, the man, Ralph Stockwood. The novel is a regency roma...
Broken by war he's afraid to feel, she is dogged by scandal, not of her own making, they both want to marry, but when they get to know each other a relationship builds, one that they don't expect.The cover is a bit disingenuous on the UK edition, as I thought I was getting a story about an oriental ...
Wonderful, wonderful stuff! What I said about "The Proposal" (#1 in the Survivors' Club) - same thing applies here, with the addition of great characterizations of people with massive guilt complexes (the hero and some of his friends) and social anxiety (the heroine, with good reason). Mary Balogh ...
Only a Promise (The Survivors' Club #5)by Mary Balogh 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 to sec...
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