The escape /
Balogh, Mary,
The escape / Mary Balogh. - 341 pages ; 20 cm. - Survivors' Club series . - Survivors' Club series. .
Originally published: New York: Dell.
In this poignant novel of longing and salvation, a hopeful widow and a resilient war hero discover the promise of love's magic and new beginnings. After surviving the Napoleonic Wars, Sir Benedict Harper is struggling to move on, his body and spirit in need of a healing touch. Never does Ben imagine that hope will come in the form of a beautiful woman who has seen her own share of suffering. After the lingering death of her husband, Samantha McKay is at the mercy of her oppressive in-laws - until she plots an escape to distant Wales to claim a house she has inherited. Being a gentleman, Ben insists that he escort her on the fateful journey.Ben wants Samantha as much as she wants him, but he is cautious. What can a wounded soul offer any woman? Samantha is ready to go where fate takes her, to leave behind polite society and even propriety in her desire for this handsome, honorable soldier. But dare she offer her bruised heart as well as her body? The answers to both their questions may be found in an unlikely place: in each other's arms.
9780749958817 (pbk.) : 8.99 8.99
Great Britain--History--Regency, 1811-1820--Fiction.
Love stories.
General Fiction.
Modern & contemporary fiction
Historical romance
Romance
Historical fiction
PR6052.A465
The escape / Mary Balogh. - 341 pages ; 20 cm. - Survivors' Club series . - Survivors' Club series. .
Originally published: New York: Dell.
In this poignant novel of longing and salvation, a hopeful widow and a resilient war hero discover the promise of love's magic and new beginnings. After surviving the Napoleonic Wars, Sir Benedict Harper is struggling to move on, his body and spirit in need of a healing touch. Never does Ben imagine that hope will come in the form of a beautiful woman who has seen her own share of suffering. After the lingering death of her husband, Samantha McKay is at the mercy of her oppressive in-laws - until she plots an escape to distant Wales to claim a house she has inherited. Being a gentleman, Ben insists that he escort her on the fateful journey.Ben wants Samantha as much as she wants him, but he is cautious. What can a wounded soul offer any woman? Samantha is ready to go where fate takes her, to leave behind polite society and even propriety in her desire for this handsome, honorable soldier. But dare she offer her bruised heart as well as her body? The answers to both their questions may be found in an unlikely place: in each other's arms.
9780749958817 (pbk.) : 8.99 8.99
Great Britain--History--Regency, 1811-1820--Fiction.
Love stories.
General Fiction.
Modern & contemporary fiction
Historical romance
Romance
Historical fiction
PR6052.A465