You did it! We figured this one out! It is a truth universally acknowledged (by me for certain) that the Bitchery pretty much knows everything, and really, it's true. Scroll down to see the solution for this HaBO - and many thanks!
This request comes from Jennie, who is looking for a book based on a teaser chapter she read awhile back:
Last year I read a teaser chapter at the end of another book, and now I can't get it out of my head and would like to read the whole story. Of course, I can't remember the name of the book the teaser chapter was from, or what book the chapter was in!
The book it was in probably came out in the last 5 years and was a regency historical. The teaser chapter is also a historical (I'm pretty sure Regency) and the heroine (possibly widowed?) was visiting a friend who was going through some sort of hard time (recently widowed?) except the heroine was regretting the visit because the friend was a total pill and extremely annoying to be around.
The heroine needs to escape for a while so she's taking a walk (near the sea, IIRC) and climbs a large hill or cliff on her way back and somehow injures her ankle. While doing this, she's ruminating on the evil/mad/somehow bad titled gentleman of the area and then oh no! She's injured and stranded on his land!
And oh no! who is this dark and brooding figure coming to save her? The Evil/mad/bad titled gentleman!
Will he save her or kill her? (I'm assuming he saves her and then they become partners in sexytimes, but I haven't read more than that teaser chapter so I can't say for sure.)
Do you recognize it at all?
If he ends up killing her, it's probably not a romance, but that's just a guess. Do you recognize this book?
I’m pretty sure this is Mary Balogh’s The Proposal, the first in the Survivors Club series. I loved it!
The Proposal (Survivor Club Series Book 1) by Mary Balogh
http://www.amazon.com/Proposal-Survivors-Club-Book-ebook/dp/B005OCYRG2/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1413900834&sr=1-2&keywords=mary+balogh+survivors+club+series
I knew this one! The next book in the series, Only Enchanting, is out next Tuesday.
I agree—this is The Proposal, by Mary Balogh. And the savior turns out to be a visitor of the land-owner duke. The Survivors series is a good one.
“If he ends up killing her, it’s probably not a romance, but that’s just a guess.”
I just laugh-snorted out loud and got some very strange looks from the folks in this library. I’m okay with that.
Just finished The Proposal and really enjoyed it!
Just read the first few pages of The Proposal and it’s definitely the only I’m looking for!! Thank you!
For once, I knew one.
That’s all I have to say. It’s a once in a lifetime moment and I felt the need to document!
I actually knew this one too! Now if I could just figure out that dandy-spy one!
@ Pooks: Me too! LOL.
I actually knew a HABO book! Go me! Loved this book but I’m a Mary Balogh devotee. If anyone’s interested, here’s my review from GR.
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/268716811?book_show_action=false
I’m laughably bad at these HABOs. Even when I’ve read the books, I don’t recognize them. So I’m glad I knew this one, too.
But, darn it, Emily, I’d finally forgotten about the dandy spy book, but now it’s gonna bother me again. Someone please figure that one out!
Why is it that I’m never around to be the first to post when I do know the answer? *sigh*
I love how everyone who can identify it is so excited that they know the answer.
I mean, when I get a HaBO by email and I know the answer, I have been known to stand up at my desk and yell, I KNOW THIS ONE!
I typically have two HABO reactions: 1) No clue what it is but I hope someone does because I really want to read this or 2)I know I read this but I have no clue who the author is or what the title might be. This one was #2
Dang it! I finally know one, and I’m LATE. It is a charming story though.