Marah Farnsworth was so in love with Caleb Talbot that she
spent the night with him. She knows his secret shame and
offered him solace and understanding. Then he leaves and
disappears. For two years, there is no word.
Marah buries herself in a small town seeking to overcome the
shame and humiliation she feels. She only returns to London
at the request of her best friend, Victoria. She doesn't
expect to meet Caleb or for her feelings about him to
return. Marah agreed to return in the hopes of finding a
husband, someone safe.
Caleb learns the truth of his parentage and sets out to
drown his sorrows in every vice. Only the poor health of
the man he once called his father and the pleadings of his
brother will prompt his return to his family and London.
Now, Caleb will be forced to deal with everything he once
sought to escape.
A big fan of Ms. Petersen's, I was really looking forward to
this book. My disappointment was in the characters and
their behavior. Instead of dealing with his emotions, Caleb
left his family and Marah to wallow in his feeling of
betrayal. His seeming disregard of the emotions of others
around him made him an unsympathetic character for me. I
didn't understand why almost everyone around him continued
to be so sympathetic and gentle with him. I wanted to shake
him and tell him to work it out so he could get on with
life.
Caleb didn't seem to understand that his entire family was
affected by his behavior and that he didn't need to be
alone. The fact that he could leave the woman he claimed to
love so much and expose her to public humiliation added to
my disenchantment.
He was everything she'd ever dreamed of . . . And then he
was gone.
It hasn't been easy for Marah Farnsworth to get over Caleb
Talbot, the man who broke her heart. She's done her best,
sequestering herself in the sleepy English countryside while
convincing herself she'd be happy marrying someone else. And
she's quite nearly succeeded—when she returns to London . .
. and comes face to face with the man who abandoned her all
those years ago.
Caleb believed he was doing the honorable thing when he
disappeared from Marah's life. The shocking truth about his
scandalous origins made him unfit to wed. But now, one
glimpse of her has again lit a fire in his heart…and letting
another man have her would be unthinkable. However, winning
back Marah's love may prove the most difficult endeavor the
handsome scoundrel has ever undertaken.
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