The Broken Vow
The Fitznortons, Book 2
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The Broken Vow
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Bronwen Price
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Luisa A. Jones
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Marriage was what Charlotte had been brought up to. After all, it provided a happy ending for all the heroines in the novels she sometimes read. So it would be for her… right?
Born into luxury, Charlotte Fitznorton has always known a life filled with lavish parties and a line of suitors, all part of a future neatly laid out for her by her father, Sir Lucien. She is to marry well and continue the line at Plas Norton, the family seat. When Eustace Chadwycke – son of a viscount – proposes just before leaving to fight in France, it seems Charlotte’s destiny is perfectly falling into place.
Then, tragedy strikes. Her father dies unexpectedly, and her future hangs in the balance – threatened by her hated stepmother Rosamund's surprise pregnancy. News of Eustace, returning from the war broken by its horrors, leaves Charlotte fearing her engagement may be as fragile as her inheritance.
Determined to at least save her impending marriage, Charlotte pours her energy into turning Plas Norton into a healing place for Eustace and other war-weary soldiers. But small-minded townspeople, a bossy head nurse, and her newborn baby sister's arrival push Charlotte to her limits.
Just as hope is slipping through her fingers, a mysterious stranger arrives at Plas Norton. This newcomer holds the power to upend everything Charlotte has fought to preserve. Will she have the strength to protect her legacy, or could this unexpected visitor awaken a desire in Charlotte for a different life altogether?
A beautiful and heartbreaking historical novel, if you loved anything by Fiona Valpy or Lucinda Riley, this book is for you.
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The book continues the saga of the Fitznortons. This time, it focuses on Charlotte, the only daughter of Sir Lucien, a dream father to her but a cruel and awful husband to Rosamund, her stepmother. Tragically, as Charlotte’s mind was poisoned and conditioned by her father, she believed his lies and never understood how he could end up with a cold and weak stepmother. She was never privy to that side of him. Now, Charlotte is in mourning after her father’s passing.
Due to the war, she is engaged to Eustace Chadwycke, the son of a viscount. It had always been her father’s ambition that Eustace would be her suitor.
Charlotte has a friend named Venetia, who is very tall and has a commanding presence. She thinks very differently from Charlotte, who is spoiled and, in many ways, very naive. She is a product of her father’s upbringing, but Venetia is instrumental in helping Charlotte start to evolve.
When Charlotte hears through her prospective in-laws that Eustace has shell-shock and is returning from the war, they want him to be somewhere discreet. With Venetia’s encouragement, Charlotte decides to return to her childhood home, Plas Norton, and turn it into a place where soldiers can convalesce.
While Charlotte is staying in London, her entire home is shut down due to the war. This will bring her into conflict with her stepmother, Rosamund, whom she detests. Since her father’s death, his estate should go to Charlotte, but because Rosamund is pregnant, the gender of the baby could become a threat. If it’s a boy, he would inherit everything, but a girl means that the inheritance is shared.
Charlotte suddenly has to grow up. At the age of 20, she is inexperienced and learns a part of what Rosamund endured at the hands of her father. When the baby arrives, tragedy strikes, and Charlotte is faced with difficult decisions about what to do with the child.
She also gets the house in shape with some staff.
What will Charlotte learn? Will she make a success of the place and how will she grow?
This was a wonderful and heartfelt journey that I absolutely adored
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