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 fiancEe, 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.
He is everything she wants to avoid…
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While Lady Angeline Dudley’s pedigree dictates that she must land a titled gentleman, the irrepressible beauty secretly longs for a simple, ordinary suitor. No wild rakes like the men of her family, just a kind heart and good nature. So when E...
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AudiobooksNow review by PATRICIA on 2015-10-20 17:46:04
My least favorite M Balogh book ever, but it is a reissue of a 20 year old book, so I guess she improved a lot afterwards. Still good enough to have me planning to jump right into the sequel when I finish, hoping the H/hs younger siblings are more likeable in Silent Melody. Luke & Anna were both pretty forgettable and Ive never had much sympathy for protagonists who thought hiding dark secrets was a good plan.
