Only Beloved (The Survivor's Club , #7)

by Mary Balogh

or what hand we will be dealt. It is what we do with the unexpected and with that hand that shows our mettle.

I did not lose my virginity until I wa...

Brendan must live in memory as my son. But I owe you all of myself, past, present, and future. I would trust you with my life. I can trust you with my son’s memory.”

A young officer who was with him out in Portugal came and told me afterward that he was skilled and

brave and daring and happy and well liked by his men and his fellow officers. I cling to that image of him, true or false.”

And then a short while ago, after Imogen married, I conceived the idea of marrying again, but a real marriage this

time. I thought perhaps I could allow myself some contentment and perhaps even real happiness at last. I thought perhaps I could forgive myself.”

“George,” she said, “I am your wife. And I love you. I needed to know what you have told me. You do not need to push it all

deep inside any longer. Perhaps after our baby is born, we can ask Ann to paint a portrait to match the one of Brendan, and they can hang side by side in the gallery—two brothers or a brother and sister. Brendan was your son, and no one is now going to

snatch that fr...

“You are everything I hoped you would be to me, Dora—companion, friend, lover. I can remember telling you that I did not have the passion of romantic love to offer, only a quieter sort of affection. I was wrong about that. The word may

sound a bit ostentatious, but it perfectly describes what you are to me—my only belovèd.”

It is your greatest gift, you know. You make people happy.”

‘You make me happy, Papa,’ he said. Poor Brendan. Ah, poor Brendan.”

finally he lowered his

head, found her mouth with his own, and kissed her warmly and gently.

“We must never forget any of the people and events and emotions that have made us who we are today.

did not suffer fools gladly,

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