Mary Jenkins was born on 1944 in Swansea, Wales, UK. After graduating from university, moved to Saskatchewan, Canada, to teach high-school English, on a two-year teaching contract in 1967. She married her Canadian husband, Robert Balogh, and had three children, Jacqueline, Christopher and Sian. When she's not writing, she enjoys reading, music and knitting. She also enjoys watching tennis and curling. Mary Balogh started writing in the evenings as a hobby. Her first book, a Regency love story...
The Temporary Wife / A Promise of Spring
The Temporary Wife / A Promise of Spring
Synopsis
This Regency-era collection features two stories where practical marriages turn into something far more complicated. In the first, Charity Duncan agrees to a sham wedding to help Lord Anthony Earheart spite his father, only to find herself falling for the man she was supposed to leave. The second tale follows Grace Howard, whose peaceful life with a kind baronet is threatened when a secret from her past resurfaces.
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Charity DuncanProtagonist
Anthony EarheartProtagonist
Grace HowardProtagonist
Peregrine LampmanProtagonist
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Edition
The Temporary Wife / A Promise of SpringMass Market Paperback, Feb
528 pages
Dell PublishingLanguage: EnglishISBN: 9780440245452First Edition3 editions available
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Frequently asked questions
Does The Temporary Wife / A Promise of Spring connect to Mary Balogh's other series?
This collection features two standalone novellas that do not directly tie into Mary Balogh's larger series, such as the Huxtable or Westcott families. While set in the same Regency period, the characters and plots are self-contained within each story.