Someone to Remember by Mary Balogh

After a failed romance, Madilda has resigned herself to the life of an aging spinster daughter and aunt as well as the caretaker of her mother. But when her old beau comes back into her life, she starts to think that there might be more in store for her than what she thought.
Charles never imagined that after so many years he would still have feelings for Matilda. But after spending time with her, he becomes determined to remain in her life...permanently.
Can these two find their way back to one another?

Only a Promise by Mary Balogh

Only a Promise by Mary Balogh
This is book 5 in the Survivors' Club series.
Chloe Muirhead is running from her father and the ton after several disastrous seasons. She takes refuge at her mother's godmother's home where she acts as companion to the Duchess of Worthington. She has given up ever finding a husband and having a family. She soons meets Ralph Stockwood, the duchesses grandson, and comes up with a plan that might work for the both of them.
Ralph knows that he needs to get married and provide an heir as the next in line to the dukedom. But after being the only survivor of the Napoleonic Wars amongst his friends, he has nothing to offer a wife except his title, money and position in society. When Chloe proposes to him, he believes that might be the solution. She is older and knows that love will never be a part of their marriage.
But what happens when both Chloe and Ralph realize that their hearts have entered the equation?
Just as with the other stories in the Survivors' Club series, I enjoyed watching Ralph realize that he wasn't as broken as he thought he was or as cold-hearted.  Both Chloe and Ralph go into this marriage to satisfy certains needs. Chloe wants children to love and Ralph needs an heir.
There was no denying the attraction between Chloe and Ralph. It was there from their very first meeting. They thought that they could keep that attraction at the physical level and both are surprised when their hearts are touched.
I can't wait for the next book in the series, which is Imogen's story. I comes out in September.

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Only Enchanting by Mary Balogh

Only Enchanting by Mary Balogh
This is book 4 in the Survivors' Club series.
Having already been heartbroken by his former fiancee once, Flavian is in no hurry to revive that romance even though everyone else in his family is.  Going to the annual meeting of the Survivors' Club, Flavian has no desire to return home anytime soon.  
Having met Flavian months before, Agnes tries to stay away knowing how easily he could break her heart.  Agnes, a widow who didn't have love in her marriage, isn't about to travel down that road. But when Flavian keeps putting himself in her path, she can't help but fall in love with him. Soon Flavian is proposing marriage. But what happens when Agnes finds out he only did it to avenge his former love?
I have loved Flavian since I started reading this series and was hoping that he would be paired with Agnes.  Balogh did not disappoint! 
Neither of them is looking for love and that is when it most likely will happen.  Flavian just sees himself as a bitter man trying to get on with his life after his injury and being jilted. He uses his sarcasm to keep people at a distance. Agnes sees through this mask that he puts on, to the man that he could be if he put his bitterness behind him.
This was a wonderful addition to the Survivors' Club series and I can't wait for the next book in the series.

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Amazon | Barnes & Noble | iBooks | Chapters Indigo | Waterstones

Thanks go out to Penguin Group via NetGalley for a copy of the book in exchange of an honest review.

The Escape by Mary Balogh

The Escape by Mary Balogh.
This is book 3 in the Survivors' Club series.
Having survived his injuries during the Napoleonic Wars, Sir Benedict (Ben) Harper is trying to figure out what he is going to do with the rest of his life.  Having known that the life of a military man was his desired future, he never contemplated doing anything else. When those dreams are crushed, he ends up a lose ends. To pass the time, he visits his sister in the country while she is recuperating from an illness.
While out riding his horse, he literally runs over Samantha McKay whom he soon learns is a young widow still in deep morning. Samantha has been living with her uptight sister-in-law since the death of her husband and had to get out of the house for some fresh air. She didn't know that she would be accosted by horse and rider.
Having not started out on the right foot, Ben gets his sister to take him for tea at Samantha's home where he finagles time for an apology.  They soon become friends of a sort and when Samantha's father-in-law demands that she comes and lives with him, she goes to Ben for help.
They are soon on their way to Wales where Samantha has an old shack that has been left to her from her great aunt.  They must travel as husband and wife so that Samantha is not totally ruined by traveling alone with an unmarried man.  In close confinement and learning more and more about each other, Ben and Samantha find that they are fighting their attraction to each other.  What will happen when they reach Wales? Will they both find what they are looking for?
After reading Vincent's story in book 2 of the series, I didn't think that I could love the lead male character any more. I was wrong!!  I LOVED Ben in this story.  As with the other Survivor Club members, we've met Ben in the other stories but we see just a glimpse of him. 
We know that he is determined to walk again and has a good since of humor (you have to with all the other club members teasing each other all the time), but you don't get to see the depth of his character. I guess that is the same with any series you read, you learn the most about the character when it is their story. But I was just blown away by Ben, I wanted to take him home with me!! 
Samantha was also a very strong character.  She went into her first marriage head over heals in love with her husband and he didn't turn out to be the man she thought he was. Even knowing that, she stuck by him and nursed him after being wounded in the wars.  After his death, Samantha just wants some freedom.  The shack in Wales is her only way to get it and Ben is the only one that can take her there.
I can't say enough about this story. I really enjoyed reading it and didn't want it to end.  The next story in the series is about Flavian, Viscount Ponsonby, whom is a stutterer. I'm very interested to see where Balogh takes this story as I have a personal connection to a stutterer.

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Thanks go to Random House via NetGalley for a copy of the book in exchange of an honest review.