Only a Promise
Subtitle: a Survivors' Club novel
By: Mary Balogh
Series: A Survivors' Club novel
Publisher: Berkley
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 394
ISBN-13: 9780451469670
Subjects: Man-woman relationships; Marriage; Aristocracy (Social class); History; Veterans; Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815; Fiction
Description: 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 so as to secure an heir to his family's title and fortune. Since her Seasons in London ended in disaster, Chloe Muirhead is resigned to spinsterhood. Driven by the need to escape her family, she takes refuge at the home of her mother's godmother, where she meets Ralph. He needs a wife. She wants a husband. So Chloe makes an outrageous suggestion: Strike a bargain and get married. One condition: Ralph has to promise that he will never take her back to London. But circumstances change. And to Ralph, it was only a promise.
Notes: Includes excerpt from author's next book in the same series, "Only a Kiss" (pages [383]-394).