The Promise

Name: The Promise
Rating: 4.305084705352783 (59 reviews)

Lesley Pearse

Jan 2012 · Penguin UK

59 reviews

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A heartbreaking, enduring and masterfully told story set in the battlefields of the First World War from the international number one bestselling author Lesley Pearse

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?
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'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

A heartbreaking, enduring and masterfully told story set in the battlefields of the First World War from the international number one bestselling author Lesley Pearse War threatens to take all she has loved and lived for . . . On the outbreak of war, Belle Reilly's husband Jimmy enlists and head...

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59 reviews

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October 27, 2012

I read Belle first and was hooked, so bought the promise, i was hooked on this at first but it ended up becoming so depressing with everyone she loves apart from mog dying, i carried on reading knowing there would probably be a happy ending and she finally finds some happiness and it ends! I was disappointed to say the least.

Lisa Barnes

February 20, 2013

Great read as usual, but very sudden end! But no way did this spoil the book i just wanted more.

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Judy Foord

January 1, 2014

Follow on from Belle that really told the rest of the story , not just ramblings to fill another book. I didn't want it to end either

About the author

International bestselling author Lesley Pearse has lived a life as rich with incidents, setbacks and joys as any found in her novels. By the mid-sixties she was living in London, sharing flats, partying hard and married to a trumpet player in a jazz-rock band. She has also worked as a nanny and a Playboy bunny, owned a gift shop and designed and made clothes to sell to boutiques. It was only after having one son and three daughters that Lesley began to write. She published her first book at forty-nine and has not looked back since. Lesley is still a party girl.

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