Deborah would gladly spend her life saving others. It could be though that the one she wants to save the most is one that is beyond her reach.Through the war, Deborah found her purpose. With the abbey she was raised in opened up to the wounded, she found no shortage of need for her calming smile, quick mind, and skill at tending to the sick and injured.She couldn’t imagine that with the war … imagine that with the war winding down, her life wouldn’t just continue in the abbey as she gets ready to take her vows and become a nun.
Before this happens though, someone from the wealthy Duke of Harksbury’s estate calls for someone from the abbey to tend to him. Having returned from the war himself in need of healing, Lord Edward Abernathy needs help, but Deborah will soon find out that his wounds go much deeper than the physical harm he endured.
Deborah just might be the only one who can heal him body and soul, but even she might not be enough.
Other books by Rose Pearson:
The Duke’s Daughters Series
The Duke’s Daughters: A Sweet Regency Romance Boxset
A Rogue for a Lady
My Restless Earl
Rescued by an Earl
In the Arms of an Earl
The Reluctant Marquess (Prequel)
A Smithfield Market Regency Romance
The Smithfield Market Romances: A Sweet Regency Romance Boxset
A Rogue’s Flower
Saved by the Scoundrel
Mending the Duke
The Baron’s Malady
The Returned Lords of Grosvenor Square
The Waiting Bride
The Long Return
Love and Christmas Wishes: Three Regency Romance Novellas
more
Deborah was raised in an abbey and she is preparing to take her vows. As she is waiting for the time to come, she is nursing injured soldiers in the aftermath of Waterloo. When the Duke of Harksbury needs help to recover from his injuries Deborah is sent to nurse him back to health caring for his body as well as his soul.This is a fast paced story and a real page turner that you won’t want to put down. Rose Pearson is an excellent writer and you will definitely enjoy this story.
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The great storyline and the wonderful characters kept me totally enthralled as I read this book in one sitting! I always enjoy reading what this author writes!
The Duke’s Saving Grace is a clean Regency romance by Rose Pearson.
I find this author writes interesting stories. I typically enjoy them, regardless of errors or questionable historical facts.
Miss Deborah Harland was an orphan and raised in an Abby. She was trained to take care of the sick and injured. She intends to take her orders soon.
Lord Edward Abernathy, the Duke of Harksbury fought in the Napoleonic war. He has returned home injured, with his spirit broken. His sister and the staff are in despair for his healing. His sister, contacts the Abby, begging for someone to come and help him heal and survive. The Abbess sends Deborah for several reasons, the main one being to assist Deborah in making SURE she wants to take her orders.
The Duke is almost impossible to deal with, however Deborah calls on her courage and kindness to help the Duke heal
Pros: Deborah sees past the Duke’s war ravaged looks to the person he his.
Nice take on the horrors of war and PTSD.
Nice to see Deborah use prayer as her strength instead of falling apart at the slightest problem It was a good fit to her character.
I liked the involvement of the sister.
Clean romance.
Nice variation of tense times and calm times.
Cons: Ran on a bit long for the story. There was some repetitious exposition that could be cut or minimized.
The usual errors in the ARC copy; sentences ending improperly with prepositions, lack of a few much needed commas, a few run-on sentences, non-
necessary verbiage, and some word repetition. HOPEFULLY, these errors have been cleaned up in the final copy.
All in all, not a bad story for the price. This author does give the reader plenty to think over in regards to war.
Just marvelous. Intense read you will love.
A book of good length and very well written. Nice storyline and plot. Characters are well described and they develop nicely through the story
My free opinion. Thanks.
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Deborah was raised in the abbey because she was an orphan. With the war, she tended to the wounded with great skill. As the war ended, she was ready to take her vows. However, she was called upon to help Lord Abernathy. He was badly injured and in a deep depression. She was not welcomed by the angry Duke, but he calmed down as she persisted in caring for him with patience and skill. As he recovers and his personality starts to return, Deborah starts to fall for him. A commoner and a Duke? A fantastic, historical must read!
I love to read Rose Pearson’s books especially this one. There is humaneness in the characters of the book. I also get to have a glimpse on the lives of those who got wounded on the war and those who have vocations but got a change of heart because they have fallen in love. I was rooting for Deborah to make the right choice and she did.
A great Inspirational book of sorrow and healing. As with all of rose pearson’s stories i found myself searching for time to finish this book. It was a page turner
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This is a wonderful story of surivial .Lord Abernathy came back from the war injured and wished he was dead. His sister Lady Julia Markham sent for some help at a convention. Deborah Harland, an orphan , was raised in the convention. She was ready to take her orders when the Mother wanted her to wait. Deborah had been working with other men from the war to heal their bodies and hearts. I loved the story and characters. I was given a copy of this book and this is
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I honestly couldn’t put this one down. This is one of Ms. Person’s best.
Deborah was raised in an abbey. While she was waiting to be able to take her orders, the abbey received a request from the sister of the Duke of Harksbury to send someone to help heal his body and soul. He was seriously wounded in the war. He lost some fingers on one hand and one side of his face was badly damaged. But even worse, he was in a very dark place. He needed someone to help him get back to being the good man he had always been. This is where the heart of the story begins.
There are sparks and fireworks and periods of calm. Sometimes there seems to be progress and then a relapse. This is a real page turner. I can’t wait to see what happens next!
Do yourself a favor and get comfy in your forwarding reading spot with your comfy drink and settle in and read this engaging story!
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I received a copy of this book as an ARC, and am leaving my review to encourage others who enjoy this genre. Deborah was living in the convent where she had been left as an infant. She had dedicated her like to serving GOD and fully intended to take her vows at the earliest opportunity. The Napoleonic wars were sending countless injured soldiers home to England, however, and she was one of those who’d been trained to care for them. She had been very successful at nursing many back to health, so it really was no surprise when her Mother Superior sent her to care for an injured officer at his estate in the county.This man was severely injured; however, his physical Injuries were overshadowed by the emotional ones the Duke had received. Deborah was able to use the abilities she had acquired helping the many soldiers at the abbey to deal with the physical and emotional injuries the Duke had received. Healing his heart was an entirely different matter that she had not been prepared to do…Great book!!!!!I received a free copy of this book as an ARC and am voluntarily leaving a review.
Rose Pearson writes beautiful Regency romances. This book, however… This is one of the most beautifully emotional and just stunning romances I have read in a very long time. Beautifully refreshing: an almost nun nurses a disfigured duke, and yet Rose brings such a delicate touch to the storytelling.
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Nowhere as sappy I was afraid it could have become. Definitely worth the read.
Rose Pearson is one of two regency romance writers I pay attention to. Why? Because she can craft a good story with great use of period speech and context. I like how she approaches subjects that have haunted the Napoleonic War period where few, if any, physicians noted any attention to things that eventually were to be referred to as “shell shock” to finally our current use of the term “post-traumatic stress disorder”. (I just hope that there won’t be yet another politically acceptable term with even more syllables. As George Carlin once said, more Vietnam War veterans would have gotten the care they needed had they just called it shell shock.)
Miss Deborah Harland is novice who does not wear the habit yet because she has not taken her vows yet. Her Mother Superior has been delaying her permission for Deborah taking her first vows. Instead, the young woman of “one and twenty” finds herself being sent to the estate of Duke Abernathy who has just returned from fighting Napoleon out of a sense of national patriotism, only to have been severely injured. Unfortunately, two amputated fingers, serious facial injuries, and a permanently damaged eye (which is essentially blind) are hardly part of the persona of the extravagantly handsome duke whose origin looks had attracted the attention of everyone, especially the young, unmarried daughters seeking a husband with a title. Now what? Severe depression, withdrawal, and anger, what else? Perhaps a death wish. His sister is terrified that that might be exactly what he desires as he is refusing treatment, food, and social interaction from anyone. So she has requested for help of the abbey where so many soldiers have survived very bad wounds.
One of the reasons why I read Rose Pearson is that she does manage to maintain realism through excellent exposition and language. One of things that have kept me from read more of the regency romances out there is that I cannot stand when twentieth and twenty-first century cliches are used in a novel that is supposed to have taken place during the early 1800s. One really must be in the zone, shutting out everything that did not exist back at that time period which is far more difficult than one would expect. Try reading an actual book written during that time. I’m still amazed at the run-on sentences and excessive use of semi-colons. (I have see a single sentence wander around two pages!)
Duke Abernathy, Deborah Harland, and Lady Judith Markham are very sympathetic characters who are quite believable throughout the story. Secondary characters such as the butler and the head of housekeeping (or so I’m assuming) had more of a role in this tale than their counterparts in other books though I wish the novel could have been fleshed out a little more. It’s like the parts we do read are incredibly detailed, but we transition to what I had interpreted as more than two weeks down the road (because of how it was presumed by the wordage), only to realize that less than two weeks had gone by. Personally, I would have thought that more than two weeks would be required to have made the necessary transition from that of a withdrawn gargoyle of a hermit to that of a recovering patient. That just didn’t settle well with me. I’ve worked long enough at the VA to know that PTSD doesn’t improve that quickly. (At least Ms. Pearson didn’t presume to make it all go away as other novels I’ve seen.)
This novel is definitely one that I would go back and reread. It’s perfect for a cold, rainy, ICKY day in which you want to crawl under a warm quilt but wish for the distraction of a novel worth the time reading.
This book owed more than a little to the film The Sound of Music although there were no children involved.
What started out as a nursing job became so much more as Deborah helped the Duke battle his way back to health.
Her thoughts of becoming a nun challenged every day she spent in his company.
I liked this book and the way the author didn’t drag out all the scenes but allowed the story to move along quite quickly.
It had a very small ‘cast’ mostly just his sister and his staff although introduction of his former love was his test of his ability to face the ‘Ton’ and attempt to return to life before the damage caused by his involvement in the war.
Good book worth reading.
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ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE!!!
OMG! Talk about down and out. All the twists and turns, ups and downs, ins and outs, along with a few glitches here and there make for one thrilling experience. One incredible, pulse racing, smooth flowing with such a compelling storyline and gripping plot that brings this little gem alive beautifully. Lady Rose brings all of your emotions swirling into play so realistically it’s easy to get swept away. So turbulent and swift with so much suffering and torment that leaves you reeling waiting for the other shoe to drop. Drop it does. It grabs your attention from the start and steals your heart in turn. You feel what the characters feel. All the drama, a little mystery and suspense increases steadily while tension spirals. The characters and scenes are written with such realism it makes a perfect backdrop for this amazing read. Incredible job Lady Rose, thanks for sharing this little treasure with us.
In this family-friendly tale, which takes about a day to read, a cloister-raised orphan nurses a disfigured warrior back to health.
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This was such a heartwarming romance of a wounded soldier and an orphan lady. Deborah an orphan who had been brought up by the nuns wanted to take her vows. Mother Superior has asked if she would honor a request by a Lady Markham. Her brother Lord Abernathy had been badly injured not only in the body but also the soul. Deborah had been nursing the injured so had experience with what must be done. The book is written so well with a wonderful plot and grand characters. This is a book you really must read it is a truly excellent read. I did receive a free copy of this book and voluntarily chose to review it.
Different from your typical stories of the Ton this story deals with the mental and physical struggles from the ravages and scars of war and their after effects on a duke who lived a prior life of beauty and privilege. What he goes through to re-gain his life and adjust to a new reality in Regency England!
This story was a breath of fresh air from the view point of a spoiled duke and an unspoiled orphan raised in a convent who is retained to care for him and bring him out of his self imposed confinement.
What a beautiful story of a young woman who comes to help a man in his darkest hours. This is the third book in The Returned Lords of Grosvenor Square series. Deborah has been in the Abby for quite sometime and she is about to take he vows when she gets sent to the Duke of Harksbury’s estate to look after Lord Edward Abernathy. I liked reading how these two come together even if there is some misunderstanding between them. I want to read the next book in this series. I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
“The Duke’s Saving Grace” is a gentle heartfelt romance. Miss Deborah Harland is an orphan who was raised in the abbey and had planned to take her vows to become a nun. She is dear gentle soul who wanted to whatever was needed to serve the Lord. She knew no other life. When she meets Lord Abernathy, a duke, who needs medical and spiritual attention to heal after the war ravaged his body. She experiences feelings she is unaccustomed to e.g. anger, anguish and confusion. The duke has imprisoned himself in darkness. He feels despair, sorrow, anger, resentment and hopelessness. He is unable to look at himself when part of his face has been injured. There are many emotions that transpire between Deborah and the duke while they work together and get to know each other. Not all interactions between them is agreeable. In the beginning, the duke was downright hostile. A situation arises that gives him hope to mingle in society again. However, the Duke had a severe and negative reaction and relapsed into darkness once again. A wonderful story of the determination of the human spirit. The power of love and acceptance reigns. A very good read and I do recommend it.
This book/story got my attention on the first page and NEVER let go. The emotions are so very strong and the characters are amazing. It only took me 1 day to read from beginning to end. I’m not giving away any spoilers, so this review is short. (too much detail, don’t want to spoil for anyone)
Grab a copy & follow Lord Abernathy, Lady Markham, Mr. Morris, Mrs. Denton, the wise Mother Superior and the most caring loveable Deborah. You’ll live through them at Harksbury Hall and spend a bit of time at the Abbey.
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