The Promise

by Lesley Pearse (Author), Lesley Pearse (Author)

• Used

  Paperback
  2012

  $4.18

  Lesley Pearse, Number 1 bestselling author of Stolen and Belle , returns with the phenomenal novel The Promise . Heartbreaking, enduring and masterfully told, The Promise will take you on a breathtaking journey into the battlefields of the First World War. War threatens to take all she has loved and lived for...On the outbreak of war, Belle Reilly's husband Jimmy enlists and heads for the deadly trenches of northern France. But Belle knows she cannot stand idly by when so many are sacrificing their lives. Volunteering to help battlefield wounded, Belle is posted to France as a Red Cross ambulance driver. There, a tragic accident brings her face to face with Etienne - a man from her past she's never quite forgotten. Torn between forbidden passion, loyalty and love, Belle is caught in an impossible situation. Will she succumb to the dark forces of this most brutal of wars? Or will fate intervene and finally lead her to lasting happiness? The Promise vividly describes life behind the front line and the tragic choices that war forces people to make. Pearse will pull your heartstrings . ( Sun ). Characters it is impossible not to care about . ( Daily Mail ). An addictive tear-jerker with characters you'll adore, laugh with and cry for . ( Bella ). Full of love, passion and heartbreak . ( Best ). Glorious, heartwarming . ( Woman & Home ). Lesley Pearse's fourteen most recent books, including Belle , Stolen , Gypsy , Faith , Hope , A Lesser Evil , Secrets , Remember Me , Till We Meet Again , Father Unknown , Trust Me , Never Look Back , Charlie and Rosie , are huge bestsellers and available as Penguin paperbacks. Lesley lives near Bristol and has three daughters and two grandchildren. Find Lesley on Twitter @LesleyPearse or find out more on her website.

• Used

  Paperback
  2012

  $3.24

  London, 1914. Belle Reilly finally has the life she's dreamed of thanks to a devoted husband in Jimmy and the hat shop she's wanted to own since she was a child. But as the storm clouds of World War One begin to gather, Belle's already turbulent life is to change in ways she never imagined possible. When Jimmy enlists in the army and leaves for the battlefields of Ypres, her world is shattered and she realises she can no longer stand by and watch, she must volunteer to help the wounded. But her work as a Red Cross ambulance driver in France throws her into the path of Etienne, the enigmatic man who played a significant role in her childhood, and Belle finds herself torn agonisingly between forbidden passion and loyalty to a good man. But the past returns to haunt her present in other - more unpleasant - ways and Belle's character is put to the test like never before. Can she survive this most brutal of wars with her spirit intact? And will destiny finally lead her to lasting happiness even while war rages all around?

• Used

  Hardcover
  2012

  $3.24

  It's London, 1914. Belle Reilly finally has the life she's dreamed of thanks to a devoted husband in Jimmy and the hat shop she's wanted to own since she was a child. But as the storm clouds of World War One begin to gather, Belle's already turbulent life is to change in ways she never imagined possible. When Jimmy enlists in the army and leaves for the battlefields of Ypres, her world is shattered and she realises she can no longer stand by and watch, she must volunteer to help the wounded. But her work as a Red Cross ambulance driver in France throws her into the path of Etienne, the enigmatic man who played a significant role in her childhood, and Belle finds herself torn agonisingly between forbidden passion and loyalty to a good man. But the past returns to haunt her present in other - more unpleasant - ways and Belle's character is put to the test like never before. Can she survive this most brutal of wars with her spirit intact? And will destiny finally lead her to lasting happiness even while war rages all around?

• New

  Paperback
  2012

  $11.79

  Lesley Pearse, Number 1 bestselling author of Stolen and Belle , returns with the phenomenal novel The Promise . Heartbreaking, enduring and masterfully told, The Promise will take you on a breathtaking journey into the battlefields of the First World War. War threatens to take all she has loved and lived for...On the outbreak of war, Belle Reilly's husband Jimmy enlists and heads for the deadly trenches of northern France. But Belle knows she cannot stand idly by when so many are sacrificing their lives. Volunteering to help battlefield wounded, Belle is posted to France as a Red Cross ambulance driver. There, a tragic accident brings her face to face with Etienne - a man from her past she's never quite forgotten. Torn between forbidden passion, loyalty and love, Belle is caught in an impossible situation. Will she succumb to the dark forces of this most brutal of wars? Or will fate intervene and finally lead her to lasting happiness? The Promise vividly describes life behind the front line and the tragic choices that war forces people to make. Pearse will pull your heartstrings . ( Sun ). Characters it is impossible not to care about . ( Daily Mail ). An addictive tear-jerker with characters you'll adore, laugh with and cry for . ( Bella ). Full of love, passion and heartbreak . ( Best ). Glorious, heartwarming . ( Woman & Home ). Lesley Pearse's fourteen most recent books, including Belle , Stolen , Gypsy , Faith , Hope , A Lesser Evil , Secrets , Remember Me , Till We Meet Again , Father Unknown , Trust Me , Never Look Back , Charlie and Rosie , are huge bestsellers and available as Penguin paperbacks. Lesley lives near Bristol and has three daughters and two grandchildren. Find Lesley on Twitter @LesleyPearse or find out more on her website.