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When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall, one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle.\u201d <\/em>Edmund Burke<\/p>\n

Brought together by war, Valeria Izquierdos and Harry Redepenning had only a few short months as a couple before the war parted them again.<\/p>\n

That war is long over when she brings a group of war brides and children to England. Her friends seek their soldier husbands. Valeria wants to find Harry or, if Harry\u2019s long silence means he is dead, his father. Her eldest child deserves to know his English family.<\/p>\n

Harry has never forgotten, or ceased to mourn, the warrior wife he married in the midst of war, and lost to a French ambush years ago. His courtship of a suitable wife is a practical matter, not involving the heart that has been numb since Valeria\u2019s death.<\/p>\n

The Redepenning family greet Valeria with suspicion, but when Harry joyously confirms her identity, they welcome her and her children with open arms\u2014not just Kiko, whose Redepenning eyes mark him as Harry\u2019s son, but also the daughter she adopted and the younger son who origins she has disclosed only to Harry.<\/p>\n

But as Valeria, Harry, and the children begin living as a family, another, private, war looms before them. The lady who had been smugly awaiting Harry\u2019s proposal is less than pleased with the couple\u2019s reunion. She and her parents set out to destroy Valeria\u2019s reputation, and find willing accomplices.<\/p>\n

An old foe of the Redepennings has combined forces with a man who blames Valeria for his brother\u2019s death, and who wants Valeria\u2019s youngest child. A rival of Harry\u2019s from the army would be glad to hurt Harry however he can. These enemies will stop at nothing to destroy not only Harry and Valeria, but also their family.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Valeria Izquierdos comes to England to find Harry Redepenning. Her eldest child deserves to know his English family. Their reunion is rapturous. Harry has never forgotten, or ceased to mourn, the warrior wife he married in the midst of war, and lost to a French ambush years ago.<\/p>\n

Just as Valeria and Harry are ready to resume their lives together, their enemies combine forces. They will stop at nothing to destroy not only Harry and Valeria, but also their family.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":369,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[31],"product_tag":[176],"class_list":{"0":"post-368","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-historical-romance-and-historical-suspense","7":"product_tag-the-golden-redepennings-book-6","9":"first","10":"instock","11":"downloadable","12":"shipping-taxable","13":"purchasable","14":"product-type-simple"},"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shop.judeknightauthor.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/368","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shop.judeknightauthor.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shop.judeknightauthor.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shop.judeknightauthor.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=368"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shop.judeknightauthor.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/369"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shop.judeknightauthor.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=368"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shop.judeknightauthor.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=368"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shop.judeknightauthor.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=368"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shop.judeknightauthor.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=368"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}