The Arrangement

A mesmerising story of passionate awakening and redemption, Mary Balogh's novel unites a war hero consigned to darkness with a remarkable woman who finds her own salvation by showing him the light of love. Blinded by a cannon blast on the Napoleonic battlefields, Vincent Hunt, Lord Darleigh, needs time away from his family. But anonymity proves impossible, and soon another marital trap is sprung. Luckily, he is saved in time by a stranger with a captivating voice that stirs something deep inside. And when Miss Sophia Fry's intervention on his behalf finds her unceremoniously booted from her guardian's home, Vincent sees a solution: marriage. Sophia initially rejects Vincent's proposal, but when such a handsome and vulnerable man persuades her that he needs a wife of his own choosing as much as she needs protection from destitution, she agrees. Together, they wonder if a bargain born of desperation might lead them both to a love destined to be.