Betrayal’s ache is as painful as falling out of love… Gilbert Edmund Winterbourne—Lord Yeardly—has been separated from his wife for three years. Convinced she had an affair with his best friend shortly before he left for India to make his fortune, he hasn’t spent time with her since. When he and his siblings are summoned to the countryside for Midsummer festivities… she’s there. Surely, he can’t still have feelings for her.
Healing from grief shouldn’t be left to the lonely… Madelene Winterbourne—Lady Yeardly—has agreed to see her in-laws against her better judgment. After suffering the loss of two pregnancies, she also mourned the break in her fledging marriage, for her estranged husband was adamant she’d strayed. Now he's here, and they have to put on an act, for the family assumes their marriage is strong and happy, but those initial emotions linger.
Second chances have the potential to be much sweeter…Close and reluctant proximity means they’re forced to repair their tattered nuptial bond, as well as work through shared grief and dashed hopes. Secrets they both keep boil to the surface and clear the slate, leading to common ground and a surprising new courtship. Yet fear is a difficult demon to bury, as is doubt. The pair will need to grasp determination and trust to build a love that’s more powerful than everything else, for only then can they have the romance they’ve always wanted.
Good heavens, I’m going to keep this review short and sweet because this book drained all the emotion from me. Madelene and Gilbert have an estranged marriage. They have both been married before and both had trouble having children. So, after their whirlwind courtship, when Madelene lost a stillborn child, their relationship couldn’t recover. Gilbert took his grief and ran away to India for three years, while Madelene was left in London to pick up the pieces of her broken marriage and mourn the loss of her baby. The books picks up where they are reunited and are forced to work through their problems. This was a HEAVY book. It dealt with the death of a spouse, multiple pregnancy losses, betrayal and cheating, anger and jealousy, etc. It was an intense read. Obviously, Madelene and Gilbert got their happy ending, but man was it a struggle to get through this book.
Historical Romance, Regency Era, Country Life, Damaged/Tortured Hero, Disabled/Wounded/Scared Hero, Groveling Hero, Grumpy Hero, Unworthy Hero, Widowed Hero, Bookworm Heroine, Damaged/Tortured Heroine, Widowed Heroine, Angst Romance, Miscommunication Issues, Second Chance Romance, Betrayal Trope, Miscarriage/Death of a Child, Redemption Trope, Secrets & Lies, Three Flame, Four Star
HistoricalRomance, RegencyEra, CountryLife, Damaged/TorturedHero, Disabled/Wounded/ScaredHero, GrovelingHero, GrumpyHero, UnworthyHero, WidowedHero, BookwormHeroine, Damaged/TorturedHeroine, WidowedHeroine, AngstRomance, MiscommunicationIssues, SecondChanceRomance, BetrayalTrope, Miscarriage/DeathofaChild, RedemptionTrope, SecretsandLies, Threeflame, FourStar
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