Fiction. Romance. Historical Fiction. HTML:In the fourth novel of New York Times bestselling author Mary Balogh's Survivors' Club series, Flavian, Viscount Ponsonby, finds salvation in the love of a most unsuspecting woman...
 
Flavian was devastated by his fiancéeâ??s desertion after his return home from the Napoleonic Wars. Now the woman who broke his heart is backâ??and everyone is eager to revive their engagement. Except Flavian, who, in a panic, runs straight into the arms of a most sensible yet enchanting young woman.
 
Agnes Keeping has never been in loveâ??and never wishes to be. But then she meets the charismatic Flavian, and suddenly Agnes falls so foolishly and so deeply that she agrees to his impetuous proposal of marriage.
 
When Agnes discovers that the proposal is only to avenge his former love, sheâ??s determined to flee. But Flavian has no intention of letting his new bride go, especially now that he too has fallen so passionately and so unexpec