A Promise Of Spring

After confessing to her husband about a youthful romantic indiscretion that had compromised her virtue, Grace Howard finds her life complicated by the reappearance of the rakish lord who had betrayed her

In two classic tales of Regency-era romance from New York Times bestselling author Mary Balogh, the vagaries of love have a way of challenging the most convenient arrangements. THE TEMPORARY WIFE Miss Charity Duncan has no illusions about Lord Anthony Earheart’s proposal. The arrogant aristocrat has made it painfully clear what he wants: a wife who will enrage the father he despises and then disappear from his life. In exchange, Charity’s family will receive the money they desperately need. But after Charity agrees to this mockery of matrimony, she soon discovers a startling fact: She has fallen for Anthony, and breaking their marriage vows may also break her heart. A PROMISE OF SPRING Grace Howard has every reason to be devoted to Sir Peregrine Lampman. After all, the gallant gentleman rescued her from poverty by making her his bride. Even more nobly, he did not withdraw his affection after she confessed to a youthful folly that had compromised her virtue. But Grace did not tell the whole truth about the handsome lord who betrayed her—and now the one thing she’s kept from Perry threatens to destroy her last chance at true love.

In two classic tales of Regency-era romance from New York Times bestselling author Mary Balogh, the vagaries of love have a way of challenging the most convenient arrangements. THE TEMPORARY WIFE Miss Charity Duncan has no illusions about Lord Anthony Earheart’s proposal. The arrogant aristocrat has made it painfully clear what he wants: a wife who will enrage the father he despises and then disappear from his life. In exchange, Charity’s family will receive the money they desperately need. But after Charity agrees to this mockery of matrimony, she soon discovers a startling fact: She has fallen for Anthony, and breaking their marriage vows may also break her heart. A PROMISE OF SPRING Grace Howard has every reason to be devoted to Sir Peregrine Lampman. After all, the gallant gentleman rescued her from poverty by making her his bride. Even more nobly, he did not withdraw his affection after she confessed to a youthful folly that had compromised her virtue. But Grace did not tell the whole truth about the handsome lord who betrayed her—and now the one thing she’s kept from Perry threatens to destroy her last chance at true love.

Becky Raber is a young widow, seven months pregnant. She's alone, scared, and misses her late husband. Her only close relative is her cousin, Doris. Becky has no choice but to live with Doris and her husband, Abel Yoder, a stern, dour man. He's determined to find Becky a new husband, marry her off, and get her out of his house. But Becky wants to be independent and take care of the baby by herself. She isn't interested in remarrying, especially so soon after losing Tom. Before the accident that claimed Tom's life, she had started building a baking business. She knows she can do it again-without a husband. But then she meets Noah King, and her world is upended again. She hadn't counted on meeting someone so kind and tenderhearted. Does Gott have yet a different plan for Becky?

In this heartwarming prairie romance from a bestselling novelist, a well-bredEnglishwoman must decide whether to return to her native England or remain inKansas with the man she is to marry.

Raymond Roger Kane is the king of New Redlands – one of five kingdoms in Vorhaven, ruled by five different kings. When the king of another land, Tayyab Khurrabh, takes offense to a particular sighting of Raymond’s dragon, he does the unthinkable and attacks Raymond in a fit of rage. Parallel to this, in New Redlands, wedding bells ring as the princess of New Redlands gets a proposal from another kingdom – Pagria’s Deary, to keep an old promise. Raymond finally agrees to the wedding, but the groom’s family have a dark agenda of their own that could result in the death of thousands. The days and nights keep turning and brings with it surprises for Raymond and company as they ultimately have to fight to stay alive. When the dust settles, Raymond is forced to become a part of a dark and vile promise.

Family crisis (cancer).