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A review by readwithpitties
A Christmas Promise by Mary Balogh
5.0
I loved this book! i read it in 2 sittings by the tree (so perfect! ) and it was my first Mary balogh Christmas story, i have 3 more that i have borrowed to read by Christmas of hers and i have to say i enjoyed it so much! Ellie couldnt cry, but i sure did reading this book! First off this book hits you right in the emotions from the very spot, where we meet the heroine and hero.
The Heroine is a young lady named Ellie, (Eleanor as Randolph would call her;)) she is a cole merchants daughter, who has been raised with grace and every thing a proper lady would have. She is being raised by her father, who has worked hard for his money over the years but sadly his life is coming to an end due to sickness.All he wants for his daughter is to be looked after for the rest of her life. so with his wealth he buys all this single Earls debt and tells him it will all go away if he marries his daughter. As much as the Earl (Randolph) wants to not accept this deal, he sees he has no other chance. Both of them go into the marriage thinking the other one is looking for something thats not true. He thinks she is a social climber, and she thinks he is play boy with a life that lead up to all the debts. Ellie only agrees to this as it is her dads dying wish.
They Mary and then of course they go to the country for Christmas (as all romance Christmas novels seem to do;) Ellie invites all her common folk family to Christmas as a spiteful thing after she finds out about her husbands mistress, thinking he would hate to spend Christmas with a loud vulgar common people. but over the days leading to Christmas they put off mourning as her father wished they do and they enjoy Christmas again almost kid like. Randolph always had lonely Christmas as a boy and all this family Christmas joy is bring out a softer side and him and he is seeing the softer side of his wife. Ellie lets down her guard all the feelings she was feeling with her father sickness and death, and the unhappy marriage she thought she married into and they both see another side to each other! a side they both seem to like.
The Heroine is a young lady named Ellie, (Eleanor as Randolph would call her;)) she is a cole merchants daughter, who has been raised with grace and every thing a proper lady would have. She is being raised by her father, who has worked hard for his money over the years but sadly his life is coming to an end due to sickness.All he wants for his daughter is to be looked after for the rest of her life. so with his wealth he buys all this single Earls debt and tells him it will all go away if he marries his daughter. As much as the Earl (Randolph) wants to not accept this deal, he sees he has no other chance. Both of them go into the marriage thinking the other one is looking for something thats not true. He thinks she is a social climber, and she thinks he is play boy with a life that lead up to all the debts. Ellie only agrees to this as it is her dads dying wish.
They Mary and then of course they go to the country for Christmas (as all romance Christmas novels seem to do;) Ellie invites all her common folk family to Christmas as a spiteful thing after she finds out about her husbands mistress, thinking he would hate to spend Christmas with a loud vulgar common people. but over the days leading to Christmas they put off mourning as her father wished they do and they enjoy Christmas again almost kid like. Randolph always had lonely Christmas as a boy and all this family Christmas joy is bring out a softer side and him and he is seeing the softer side of his wife. Ellie lets down her guard all the feelings she was feeling with her father sickness and death, and the unhappy marriage she thought she married into and they both see another side to each other! a side they both seem to like.