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The Escape

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The Escape

Survivor's Club Series, Book 3
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

In this poignant novel of longing and salvation, a hopeful widow and a resilient war hero discover the promise of love's magic and new beginnings.

After surviving the Napoleonic Wars, Sir Benedict Harper is struggling to move on, his body and spirit in need of a healing touch. Never does Ben imagine that hope will come in the form of a beautiful woman who has seen her own share of suffering. After the lingering death of her husband, Samantha McKay is at the mercy of her oppressive in-laws--until she plots an escape to distant Wales to claim a house she has inherited. Being a gentleman, Ben insists that he escort her on the fateful journey.

Ben wants Samantha as much as she wants him, but he is cautious. What can a wounded soul offer any woman? Samantha is ready to go where fate takes her, to leave behind polite society and even propriety in her desire for this handsome, honorable soldier. But dare she offer her bruised heart as well as her body? The answers to both their questions may be found in an unlikely place: in each other's arms.

Includes Mary Balogh's charming short story, "The Suitor."

Praise for The Escape

"Bestseller [Mary] Balogh delivers an outstanding third installment of her Survivors' Club series. . . . This exquisitely written Regency will appeal to Balogh's legions of fans."--Publishers Weekly (starred review)

"A heroine who has never felt valued and a hero in search of a new purpose learn to take life as it comes and live each moment to the fullest. This tender, deeply insightful, and beautifully plotted romance shimmers with hope, possibility, and love."--Library Journal (starred review)

"Regency romance star Balogh continues her poignant Survivors' Club series with a quietly intense love story that speaks to open-heartedness, courage and faith in new beginnings."--Kirkus Reviews

"A beautifully rendered love story of two wounded and lost souls who find each other and together discover strength and love. Tender, touching and mature, Balogh's story slowly unfolds, reaching deep into the characters' emotions demonstrating how love empowers, heals and redeems. Everything about this story is lovely and near perfect."--RT Book Reviews (4-1/2 stars, Top Pick)

"The Escape is such an apt title--two people escape from unhappy pasts, finding love in their mutual journey. Their capacity for happiness astonishes and delights them and the reader, as they both so deserve their hard-won happily-ever-after."--Heroes and Heartbreakers

"The Escape is full of excitement, adventure, and enchanting romance. The main characters are so well-developed, and Mary Balogh does such a wonderful job giving the reader a window into their thoughts, that by the end of the book you feel as though you know them intimately."--Fresh Fiction

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

In this poignant novel of longing and salvation, a hopeful widow and a resilient war hero discover the promise of love's magic and new beginnings.

After surviving the Napoleonic Wars, Sir Benedict Harper is struggling to move on, his body and spirit in need of a healing touch. Never does Ben imagine that hope will come in the form of a beautiful woman who has seen her own share of suffering. After the lingering death of her husband, Samantha McKay is at the mercy of her oppressive in-laws--until she plots an escape to distant Wales to claim a house she has inherited. Being a gentleman, Ben insists that he escort her on the fateful journey.

Ben wants Samantha as much as she wants him, but he is cautious. What can a wounded soul offer any woman? Samantha is ready to go where fate takes her, to leave behind polite society and even propriety in her desire for this handsome, honorable soldier. But dare she offer her bruised heart as well as her body? The answers to both their questions may be found in an unlikely place: in each other's arms.

Includes Mary Balogh's charming short story, "The Suitor."

Praise for The Escape

"Bestseller [Mary] Balogh delivers an outstanding third installment of her Survivors' Club series. . . . This exquisitely written Regency will appeal to Balogh's legions of fans."--Publishers Weekly (starred review)

"A heroine who has never felt valued and a hero in search of a new purpose learn to take life as it comes and live each moment to the fullest. This tender, deeply insightful, and beautifully plotted romance shimmers with hope, possibility, and love."--Library Journal (starred review)

"Regency romance star Balogh continues her poignant Survivors' Club series with a quietly intense love story that speaks to open-heartedness, courage and faith in new beginnings."--Kirkus Reviews

"A beautifully rendered love story of two wounded and lost souls who find each other and together discover strength and love. Tender, touching and mature, Balogh's story slowly unfolds, reaching deep into the characters' emotions demonstrating how love empowers, heals and redeems. Everything about this story is lovely and near perfect."--RT Book Reviews (4-1/2 stars, Top Pick)

"The Escape is such an apt title--two people escape from unhappy pasts, finding love in their mutual journey. Their capacity for happiness astonishes and delights them and the reader, as they both so deserve their hard-won happily-ever-after."--Heroes and Heartbreakers

"The Escape is full of excitement, adventure, and enchanting romance. The main characters are so well-developed, and Mary Balogh does such a wonderful job giving the reader a window into their thoughts, that by the end of the book you feel as though you know them intimately."--Fresh Fiction

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    1

    The hour was approaching midnight, but no one was making any move to retire to bed.

    "You are going to find it mighty peaceful around here after we have all left, George," Ralph Stockwood, Earl of Berwick, remarked.

    "It will be quiet, certainly." The Duke of Stanbrook looked about the circle of six guests gathered in the drawing room at Penderris Hall, his country home in Cornwall, and his eyes paused fondly on each of them in turn before moving on. "Yes, and peaceful too, Ralph. But I am going to miss you all damnably."

    "You will be c-counting your blessings, George," said Flavian Arnott, Viscount Ponsonby, "as soon as you realize you will not have to listen to Vince scraping away on his v-violin for another whole year."

    "Or the cats howling in ecstasy along with the music it creates," Vincent Hunt, Viscount Darleigh, added. "You might as well mention that too, Flave. There is no need to consider my sensibilities."

    "You play with a great deal more competence than you did last year, Vincent," Imogen Hayes, Lady Barclay, assured him. "By next year I do not doubt you will have improved even further. You are a marvel and an inspiration to us all."

    "I may even dance to one of your tunes one of these days, provided it is not too sprightly, Vince." Sir Benedict Harper looked ruefully at the two canes propped against the arm of his chair.

    "You are not by any chance harboring a hope that we will all decide to stay a year or two longer in- stead of leaving tomorrow, George?" Hugo Emes, Lord Trentham, asked, sounding almost wistful. "I have never known three weeks to pass by so quickly. We arrived here, we blinked, and now it is time to go our separate ways again."

    "George is far too p-polite to say a bald no, Hugo," Flavian told him. "But life calls us hence, alas."

    They were feeling somewhat maudlin, the seven of them, the members of the self-styled Survivors' Club. Once, they had all spent several years here at Penderris, recuperating from wounds sustained during the Napoleonic Wars. Although each had had to fight a lone battle toward recovery, they had also aided and supported one another and grown as close as any brothers--and sister. When the time had come for them to leave, to make new lives for themselves or to retrieve the old, they had gone with mingled eagerness and trepidation. Life was for living, they had all agreed, yet the cocoon in which they had been wrapped for so long had kept them safe and even happy. They had decided that they would return to Cornwall for a few weeks each year to keep alive their friendship, to share their experiences of life beyond the familiar confines of Penderris, and to help with any difficulty that may have arisen for one or more of them.

    This had been the third such gathering. But now it was over for another year, or would be on the morrow.

    Hugo got to his feet and stretched, expanding his already impressive girth, none of which owed anything to fat. He was the tallest and broadest of them, and the most fierce-looking, with his close-cropped hair and frequent frown.

    "The devil of it is that I do not want to put an end to any of this," he said. "But if I am to make an early start in the morning, then I had better get to bed."

    It was the signal for them all to rise. Most had lengthy journeys to make and hoped for an early departure.

    Sir Benedict was the slowest to get to his feet. He had to gather his canes to his sides, slip his arms through the straps he had contrived, and haul himself painstakingly upward. Any of the others would have been glad to offer a helping hand, of course, but they...

About the Author-

  • Mary Balogh is the New York Times bestselling author of numerous books, including The Proposal and The Arrangement, the acclaimed Slightly and Simply novels, the Mistress trilogy, and the five titles in her Huxtable series: First Comes Marriage, Then Comes Seduction, At Last Comes Love, Seducing an Angel, and A Secret Affair. A former teacher, she grew up in Wales and now lives in Canada.

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