What I loved about this book is how the relationship between Ben and Samantha is realistic and mature. They are drawn together even as they know that neither is ready to have a long term relationship. Their meeting was not auspicious for the start of a romance but soon they have found out that both have damaged souls that they are trying to rebuild. Samantha is now being suffocated by the demands that her father-in-law and sister- in- law impose upon Samantha in the name of mourning properly.īen and Samantha meet when Samantha escapes her de facto prison to take a walk. His constant demands meant that Samantha had no life except for acting as a nurse. For five years, Samantha had nursed her husband because of wounds that he suffered in the war. Samantha McKay is a widow of four months. He has finally accepted his limitations but doesn’t know what he will do with his life now that he is accepted that he will never be able to live the life he expected to live before his injuries. At the beginning of the book, Ben has reached a crossroads. This book is about Sir Benedict Harper who received serious injuries to his legs during the war and has struggled against being crippled both physically and mentally because of his injuries. The prior two books were THE PROPOSAL and THE ARRANGEMENT.

They constitute what would in modern times be considered a support group. They recovered at the estate of the Duke of Stanbrook and meet annually to reconnect. The Survivor’s Club is a group of people who recovered together from injuries they received during the Napoleonic Wars. THE ESCAPE is the third novel in the Survivor’s Club Series.

The Escape by Mary Balogh