Mary Balogh is my favorite
Regency author and Remember Love is
just another reason why. It is the love story of Devlin Ware, the heir to the
Earl of Stratton, and Gwyneth Rhys but the road to their happy ever after is
not an easy one. Both have loved each
other from afar while thinking the other despised them. They have one beautiful
day together when they confess their love for each other and look forward to a
beautiful future. That evening a scandal
rips the Ware family apart and Devlin is banished from his family home forever.
Feeling betrayed by what he
always believed to be true and the mother and woman he loved, Devlin enlists in
the fight against Napoleon and didn’t look back for six years. He thrusts his
family and Gwyneth behind a mental wall, behind which he never visits. His only
contact with his old world is his half-brother Ben who travels with him.
When Devlin returns two years
after the death of his father, he is a changed man. His face bears a nasty
scar, he has lost the ability to feel, and his family and friends are virtual
strangers. Everyone has been scarred by the scandal Devlin unknowingly unleashed.
After the shock of seeing what
Devlin has become, Gwyneth is convinced the Devlin she knew and loved is still
in there, buried deep but struggling to come out. And she feels it will be her
love for Devlin that will help him learn to love and trust again and heal all
their fractured lives.
The book starts slowly as the
reader is introduced to all the members of the Ware family and their
relationship to one another. No one paints a character or a place as thoroughly
as Mary Balogh and it can be a bit tedious. After learning all about the idyllic
world of the Wares and their Ravenswood home, the rug is thorn out for under
everyone.
The next book in the series, Remember Me, is due out the end of June
2023. Mary Balogh has written a number
of different series and you really can’t go wrong with any of them but I highly
recommend her Survivor’s Club series.
4.06 stars on Goodreads, 4.5 on
Amazon
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