Lady Jennifer Arden and Ben Ellis know that a match between them is out of the question. Yet their hearts yearn for the impossible. Discover a new heartwarming story from New York Times bestselling author and beloved “queen of Regency romance” Mary Balogh.Left unable to walk by a childhood illness, Lady Jennifer, sister of the Duke of Wilby, has grown up to make a happy place for herself in society. Outgoing and cheerful, she has many friends and enjoys the pleasures of high society—even if she cannot dance at balls or stroll in Hyde Park. She is blessed with a large, loving, and protective family. But she secretly dreams of marriage and children, and of walking—and dancing.When Ben Ellis comes across Lady Jennifer as she struggles to walk with the aid of primitive crutches, he instantly understands her yearning. He is a fixer. It is often said of him that he never saw a practical problem he did not have to solve. He wants to help her discover independence and motion—driving a carriage, swimming, even walking a different way. But he must be careful. He is the bastard son of the late Earl of Stratton. Though he was raised with the earl’s family, he knows he does not really belong in the world of the ton.Jennifer is shocked—and intrigued—by Ben’s ideas, and both families are alarmed by the growing friendship and perhaps more that they sense developing between the two. A duke’s sister certainly cannot marry the bastard son of an earl. Except sometimes, love can find a way.
Ben Ellis was on his way to Ravenswood. He sat comfortably with his arms folded across his chest, watching his daughter play with her dolls on the carriage seat across from him and pondering the issue that had been plaguing him for several months now. He had never been a ditherer. When a decision needed to be made, he considered all the options, made his choice, and acted upon it. But suddenly he had become a ditherer, and he was not at all happy about it. It felt like having a hive of bees buzzing inside his head.
The basic question and its answer were not the problem. He was ready to marry again, and the sooner he did it the better it would be.
Ben Ellis was on his way to Ravenswood. He sat comfortably with his arms folded across his chest, watching his daughter play with her dolls on the carriage seat across from him and pondering the issue that had been plaguing him for several months now. He had never been a ditherer. When a decision needed to be made, he considered all the options, made his choice, and acted upon it. But suddenly he had become a ditherer, and he was not at all happy about it. It felt like having a hive of bees buzzing inside his head.
The basic question and its answer were not the problem. He was ready to marry again, and the sooner he did it the better it would be.
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