From New York Times bestselling legend Mary Balogh-and the beloved author of Longing, Silent Melody, and Beyond the Sunrise-comes 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 loved-and the succession. He faces the prospect of marrying with the greatest reluctance-until 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 life-not 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.
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"Great story and characters. Did have some dark storyline but worth the effort to listening through it. "
— Doeze (5 out of 5 stars)
“Once more Mary Balogh sweeps readers away to one of England’s glorious eras. Like a fine painter she uses lights and darks, shadows and brilliant colors, to illuminate her story. Readers will be enthralled with this well-crafted romance from a true talent of the genre.”
— RT Book Reviews (4½ stars, Top Pick!)Mary Balogh is the author of fourteen series of romance novels, two novellas, and more than two dozen stand-alone novels, as well as story contributions to many anthologies. Three of her books have made the New York Times bestsellers list. Her novel Simply Magic was a finalist for the Quill Award. books that always end happily and always celebrate the power of love. A former teacher, she grew up in Wales and now lives in Canada.
Rosalyn Landor is an English-born television, theater, and multiple-award-winning audiobook narrator. Her television credits include Love in a Cold Climate, Rumpole of the Bailey, Sherlock Holmes, and Star Trek: The Next Generation. She has won numerous Audie awards and AudioFile magazine Earphones awards.