A two-in-one edition of THE
TEMPORARY WIFE and A PROMISE
OF SPRING, two of Mary Balogh's older Regency romances,
was published earlier this year. Although A PROMISE
OF SPRING is a stand-alone, it is also a spin-off of
the WEB trilogy--THE GILDED WEB, WEB OF
LOVE, and THE DEVIL'S WEB. There was a couple in those
books in which the wife was ten years older than the
husband. When other characters wondered about the nature of
their relationship and whether or not they were happy, I
began to wonder too. I got more than usually passionately
involved in the writing of their story. That two-in-one is
readily available. for purchase. The WEB trilogy was
republished a few years ago with new covers. Win an
autographed copy of each of the three books as well as an
autographed leather bookmark.
THE
GILDED WEB: When the Earl of Amberley discovers
Alexandra Purnell trussed up on a bed in his London town
house early one morning, he knows he must marry her even
though the fault lies with one of his younger brother's
pranks gone awry. But Alexandra is not so easily persuaded,
even after she has agreed to a temporary betrothal, and
even after Amberley discovers that his heart is involved.
WEB OF
LOVE: Ellen Simpson loses her beloved husband in the
Battle of Waterloo and takes comfort from her grief with
his severely wounded best friend, Dominic, Lord Eden,
(younger brother of the Earl of Amberley) whom she has
nursed back to health. But after a mindless interlude of
peace and joy together, cut off from the real world beyond
their doors, they are suddenly reminded of reality and
consumed by guilt over what they have done. They have to
traverse a long and rocky road before they can forgive
themselves sufficiently to seek lasting happiness with each
other.
THE
DEVIL'S WEB: James Purnell (Alexandra's brother)
returns home from a few years in Canada. He intends to go
back there to marry, but in England he meets Lady Madeline
Raine again (Amberly and Eden's sister) and the attraction
and antagonism they had felt for each other before he left
returns in full force. They both look forward to his
leaving, and they both dread it. And then something happens
to keep him in England and to throw them more closely into
company with each other.
After reading the WEB books, or even before, you may enjoy
reading A PROMISE OF SPRING in its new two-in-one
binding with THE TEMPORARY WIFE. And the latter book will
be an added bonus for you. It is a stand-alone novel but is
often named by readers as their favourite among my older
Regency romances. A duke's son marries the plainest,
dullest woman he can find just to spite his father, from
whom he is estranged but who now insists that he marry a
woman of the duke's choosing. The son's intention is to
pension off his wife once his father has been well and
truly annoyed. However, his wife soon proves to be neither
plain nor dull, and she takes on the herculean task of
sorting out the problems of her husband's dysfunctional
family before disappearing to return to her own family.
Inconveniently for both, however, husband and wife have
fallen in love with each other.
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