The Long Return by Rose Pearson
My only true love is gone. I only wish he knew how much I loved him.
Arabella Marchmont was destroyed when she found out that Jacob died in the war. It was her fault he was there in the first place. She just couldn’t take him seriously when he proposed, and before she could rectify her mistake he was already gone. The agonizing wait for him to return began, but tragedy struck leaving Arabella to only wonder what could have been. Jacob was gone from this world, and life had to move on.
A long time later, when the Earl of Winchester proposes, everyone understood that it was time, finally even Arabella. A simple life, free of heartache, might be just all that she could hope for. But just as she starts to set her mind to the marriage, a familiar face limps back to Grosvenor Square.
Shockingly, her Jacob has returned, but is he even the same Jacob that left all that time ago. Could he ever even be the same Jacob that proposed to her? And even if he could be, was he already too late?
- File Name:the-long-return-by-rose-pearson.epub
- Original Title:The Long Return: A Regency Romance: The Returned Lords of Grosvenor Square
- Creator:Pearson, Rose
- Language:en
- Identifier:3846226629
- Publisher:Landon Hill Media
- Date:2019-02-26
- File Size:408.367 KB
Table of Content
- 1. Title Page
- 2. Contents
- 3. Copyright
- 4. The Long Return: A Regency Romance
- Prologue
- Chapter 1
- Chapter 2
- Chapter 3
- Chapter 4
- Chapter 5
- Chapter 6
- Chapter 7
- Chapter 8
- Chapter 9
- Chapter 10
- Chapter 11
- Chapter 12
- Chapter 13
- Chapter 14
- Chapter 15
- Chapter 16
- Chapter 17
- Chapter 18
- Epilogue
- 5. My Dear Reader
- 6. A Sneak Peak of The Waiting Bride
- 7. Chapter 1
- 8. Chapter 2
- 9. Chapter 3
- 10. Join my Mailing List!
A proposal spoken in earnest but taken as a jest led Jacob to ask his father to purchase his colors to enter the war. Before Arabella could right the wrong she had done, Jacob was gone, thought to have died in the war. More than a year later, Arabella's mother forced her to accept a proposal from the Earl of Winchester only for Arabella to learn that Jacob was, indeed, still alive. I will admit that I absolutely, totally detested Arabella's mother! Such a controlling, manipulative .... busybody! She was very harsh with Arabella in every way, from what the girl ate to what she wore and to whom she should or should not marry. She controlled every aspect of Arabella's life, and not in a good way. But Arabella had a backbone and, although she had just misplaced it in her grief of having supposedly lost Jacob. But when he returns from war, a little damaged but still the man she had loved, she managed to find it again. And boy, did she find it in spades! There was always chemistry between the two main characters, even though at times it was overlooked by one or the other. There was loads of drama and angst, a small bit of humor, and a subtle passion in this story. The author chose a great villain(ness) too, one that was a bit unexpected if the reader wasn't paying too close attention, but not really a great surprise either. I loved the way the author chose to bring the story to a close. It was, for want of a better word, appropriate. I will leave the next reader to figure it out though. ;) That being said, this book definitely earned its spot amongst the Keeper for the Shelves books.