Ravenswood #3
Berkley
January 2024
On Sale: January 16, 2024
Featuring: Lady Jennifer Arden; Ben Ellis
368 pages ISBN: 0593638387 EAN: 9780593638385 Kindle: B0C2P5VX5H Hardcover / e-Book Add to Wish List
Lady Jennifer Arden and Ben Ellis know that a match between them is out of the question. Yet their hearts yearn for the impossible. Discover a new heartwarming story from New York Times bestselling author and beloved βqueen of Regency romanceβ Mary Balogh.
Left unable to walk by a childhood illness, Lady Jennifer, sister of the Duke of Wilby, has grown up to make a happy place for herself in society. Outgoing and cheerful, she has many friends and enjoys the pleasures of high societyβeven if she cannot dance at balls or stroll in Hyde Park. She is blessed with a large, loving, and protective family. But she secretly dreams of marriage and children, and of walkingβand dancing.
When Ben Ellis comes across Lady Jennifer as she struggles to walk with the aid of primitive crutches, he instantly understands her yearning. He is a fixer. It is often said of him that he never saw a practical problem he did not have to solve. He wants to help her discover independence and motionβdriving a carriage, swimming, even walking a different way. But he must be careful. He is the bastard son of the late Earl of Stratton. Though he was raised with the earlβs family, he knows he does not really belong in the world of the ton.
Jennifer is shockedβand intriguedβby Benβs ideas, and both families are alarmed by the growing friendship and perhaps more that they sense developing between the two. A dukeβs sister certainly cannot marry the bastard son of an earl. Except sometimes, love can find a way.