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At Last Comes Love
by Mary Balogh
Dell Books
ISBN: 978-0-440-24424-0
Historical Romance
Duncan Pennethorne needs a wife, right now. He must marry before he turns thirty or he will lose his inheritance. Margaret Huxtable is thirty and afraid she has missed her chance to marry. They run into each other at a ball, literally. Duncan asks Margaret then and there to marry him. She has told a lie about being engaged and takes him up on the idea-for the evening at least. The next day Duncan shows up at Margaret’s home, asking her to really consider his proposal.
Duncan’s past haunts him, and society shuns him. Five years earlier he left a woman at the altar and ran away with the wife of a man who is a member of the ton. The woman has died, and left Duncan with a small boy to care for. He needs the inheritance and his family estate in order to take care of the boy. Duncan made a promise to the boy’s mother never to tell the truth about the boy’s parenthood.
Margaret agrees to marry Duncan only if he will convince her to marry him by courting her. She believes there has to be another side to Duncan’s story. After a few days of courtship, Margaret agrees to marry Duncan. Margaret insists that the boy be openly acknowledged as Duncan’s son.
After a more wonderful wedding than Margaret expected, they go to live on Duncan’s estate where they grow closer as the days go by. A dark cloud enters when the supposed real father of the boy arrives to take him away. Duncan is forced to tell the whole truth about the boy. Margaret and Duncan fight to keep the boy with them and become a complete family, finding love has grown between them.
I liked this book. It had many twist and turns, and a nice surprise at the end. I rooted for Margaret and Duncan to get together.
Tags: At Last Comes Love, book review, historical romance, Mary Balogh, Susan May
About the author
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Susan Carlisle | http://www.SusanCarlisle.com Susan discovered larger than life romances at a young age and has a stash of keeper books under her bed to prove it. After publishing her nonfiction book Nick’s New Heart, Susan turned her talents towards fiction. Be it doctor, lawyer or international businessman, if he is a smart, sexy and sensual male he can be found in her books. Susan doubles as a wife, mother and high school substitute teacher when she isn’t dreaming of alpha males in foreign locales.
Her books are just spicy enough to be on the hot tamales plate before the hot, hot sauce is added. Nice and warm but won’t burn all the way down.
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April 19th, 2010 at 8:39 am
Sounds like a heart tugger. I’ll have to find it.
Thanks, Susan!
April 19th, 2010 at 9:41 am
Susan,
Thanks for sharing this. I don’t normally read this genre, but this one sounds too good to miss.
Sandy