Samantha McKay, recently widowed after caring for her invalid husband for many years after he was injured in the war. He gets the horse under control and then notices the woman has fallen on her behind. His temper gets the best of him and she storms off. He was told that he would never walk again and the surgeon wanted to amputate, but he refused, and through sheer strength of will, has fashioned two canes that allow him to walk, albeit slowly, and with some pain.īenedict is out riding and decides to try jumping a hedge, which he accomplishes but unfortunately, when he lands he scares a young woman and her dog, and his horse gets a bit spooked.

The Escape centers on Major Sir Benedict Harper, who had his legs crushed during the war. And apparently each year, at least one of them will marry. They spend a few years there healing, form an eternal bond, and after they have healed enough to return to the world, they meet up once a year at the estate to renew their bonds. Just to recap, this series focuses on a group of men who all sustained injuries during the Napoleonic Wars. The Duke of Stanbrook, having lost his son in that war, had invited this group of five men with various serious injuries, and one woman who had the misfortune of seeing her husband tortured and killed, to recuperate at his estate. Click to purchase Survivor’s Club Series, Book 3

The Escape by Mary Balogh