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    The Temporary Wife/A Promise of Spring: Two Novels in One Volume

    By Mary Balogh

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    In two classic tales of Regency-era romance from New York Times bestselling author Mary Balogh, the vagaries of love have a way of challenging the most convenient arrangements.
     
    THE TEMPORARY WIFE
    Miss Charity Duncan has no illusions about Lord Anthony Earheart’s proposal. The arrogant aristocrat has made it painfully clear what he wants: a wife who will enrage the father he despises and then disappear from his life. In exchange, Charity’s family will receive the money they desperately need. But after Charity agrees to this mockery of matrimony, she soon discovers a startling fact: She has fallen for Anthony, and breaking their marriage vows may also break her heart.
     
    A PROMISE OF SPRING
    Grace Howard has every reason to be devoted to Sir Peregrine Lampman. After all, the gallant gentleman rescued her from poverty by making her his bride. Even more nobly, he did not withdraw his affection after she confessed to a youthful folly that had compromised her virtue. But Grace did not tell the whole truth about the handsome lord who betrayed her—and now the one thing she’s kept from Perry threatens to destroy her last chance at true love.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRandom House Publishing Group
    Release dateFeb 28, 2012
    ISBN9780345532503
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    The Temporary Wife/A Promise of Spring: Two Novels in One Volume
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    Mary Balogh

    New York Times bestselling, multi-award-winning author Mary Balogh grew up in Wales, land of sea and mountains, song and legend. She brought music and a vivid imagination with her when she came to Canada to teach. There she began a second career as a writer of books that always end happily and always celebrate the power of love.

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    • 4/5
      The Temporary Wife was originally published in 1997 and A Promise of Spring in 1990 and while she has improved as a writer, I found this duet quite a good read. A Temporary Wife: Charity Duncan wants to help her brother support their other siblings by working as a governess but the last place she worked she was thrown out of for defending a maid from the man of the house. When Lord Anthony Earheart offers her marriage instead and a rather large stipend afterwards for annoying his father by her very presence she agrees. But then love gets in the way of the plotting and I was drawn in and couldn't put it down.A Promise of Spring is the story of Grace Howard and the younger (!) Sir Peregrine Lampman who rescues her when her brother dies and leaves her without a future. She has secrets in her past that could come back to haunt her and an ex-lover who won't take no for an answer may spoil her chances at happiness.Both were fun, light reads.
    • 4/5
      I really liked A Temporary Wife but A Promise of Spring is probably my least favorite Balogh. Her writing style is usually calm and buttoned-up, but in this novel her languid prose really lacks any sort of interesting underlying tension, and the story dripped along with out engaging me.
    • 4/5
      I loved The Temporary Wife (I think I reviewed that separately), and I have to say A Promise of Spring also touched me. One of the reasons I read historical romance is to distance myself from getting too caught up, I am removed by time. That wasn't the case this time. A Promise of Spring (while slow moving in some parts) hit a note with me when it comes to "the one that got away." I think most women can relate to the pain of that first love that we thought was so real, only to have it dashed at our feet, and the difficulty with laying it aside when new "real" love comes along. Ms. Balogh covered the emotional spectrum beautifully.
    • 3/5
      in Wife, Anthony marries Charity because he thinks she's shabby genteel governess, but she was raised a lady & takes him and his family by surprise; In Spring, Grace marries a much younger man and thinks that he married her so she had someplace to live, not for love. But he truly loves her.
    • 5/5
      Great second chance story. Meg and Jason are brought back together for the sake of Molly but soon realize their love for each other has never died. This debut book is wonderful and I recommend it for everyone. So glad to have discovered this new talented author and can't wait for more from her. Certainly hope this is the beginning of a series...so many interesting characters with stories waiting to be told.
    • 5/5
      Five Stars for The Temporary Wife.
    • 4/5
      Although they were rather old school, I enjoyed both of these novels. The Temporary Wife was a bit similar to The Ideal Wife and almost felt like a trial run for it. There was a lot of too long not communicating in A Promise of Spring, but I’m so glad that Grace and Perry got their HEA. I’d say that both novels ended too quickly in the wrap-up.