In the fourth novel ofNew York Timesbestselling author Mary Balogh's Survivors' Club series, Flavian, Viscount Ponsonby, finds salvation in the love of a most unsuspecting woman...
Flavian was devastated by his fiancée’s desertion after his return home from the Napoleonic Wars. Now the woman who broke his heart is back—and everyone is eager to revive their engagement. Except Flavian, who, in a panic, runs straight into the arms of a most sensible yet enchanting young woman.
Agnes Keeping has never been in love—and never wishes to be. But then she meets the charismatic Flavian, and suddenly Agnes falls so foolishly and so deeply that she agrees to his impetuous proposal of marriage.
When Agnes discovers that the proposal is only to avenge his former love, she’s determined to flee. But Flavian has no intention of letting his new bride go, especially now that he too has fallen so passionately and so unexpectedly in love.Everyone loves Mary Balogh!
“One of the best!”—New York Timesbestselling author Julia Quinn
Balogh is today’s superstar heir to the marvelous legacy of Georgette Heyer, (except a lot steamier!)”—New York Timesbestselling author Susan Elizabeth Phillips
With her brilliant, beautiful and emotionally intense writing Mary Balogh sets the gold standard in historical romance. —New York Timesbestselling author Jayne Ann Krentz
When it comes to historical romance, Mary Balogh is one of my favorites! —New York Timesbestselling author Eloisa JamesMary Baloghgrew 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 beenNew York Timesbestsellers. They include the Bedwyn saga, the Simply quartet, the Huxtable qulcÅ