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The Loving Husband Trilogy: The Complete Box Set
Meredith Allard’s beloved best selling paranormal/historical Loving Husband Trilogy is now available together for the first time, with bonus material about the series. The collection includes the full texts of Her Dear & Loving Husband, Her Loving Husband’s Curse, and Her Loving Husband’s Return, plus a Q&A with Meredith Allard, series inspirations, and discussion questions. The Loving Husband Trilogy Box Set will please devoted James and Sarah Wentworth fans as well as fans new to the series.
Book One: Her Dear & Loving Husband
James Wentworth has a secret. He lives quietly in Salem, Massachusetts, making few ties with anyone. One night his private world is turned upside down when he meets Sarah Alexander, a dead ringer for his wife, Elizabeth. Though it has been years since Elizabeth's death, James cannot move on.
Sarah also has a secret. She is haunted by nightmares about the Salem Witch Trials, and every night she is awakened by visions of hangings, being arrested, and dying in jail. Despite the obstacles of their secrets, James and Sarah fall in love. As James comes to terms with his feelings for Sarah, he must dodge accusations from a reporter desperate to prove that James is not who, or what, he seems to be. Soon James and Sarah piece their stories together and discover a mystery that may bind them in ways they never imagined. Do vampires and witches live in Salem? Will James make the ultimate sacrifice to protect Sarah and prevent a new hunt from bringing hysteria to Salem again?
Book Two: Her Loving Husband’s Curse
How far will you go to protect the one you love?
Finally, after many long and lonely years, vampire James Wentworth's life is falling into place. Together with his wife, Sarah, the only woman he has ever loved, he has found the meaning behind her nightmares about the Salem Witch Trials, and now they are rebuilding the life they began together so long ago.
But the past is never far behind for the Wentworths. While Sarah is haunted by new visions, now about the baby she carried over three hundred years before, James is confronted with painful memories from his time with the Cherokee on the Trail of Tears. Through it all, the persistent reporter Kenneth Hempel reappears, still determined to prove that the undead walk the earth. If Hempel succeeds in his quest, James and Sarah will suffer. Will the curse of the vampire prevent James and Sarah from living their happily ever after?
Book Three: Her Loving Husband’s Return
What would you do to return to the only one you have ever loved?
Vampire James Wentworth’s secret is no longer a secret, and now he and his beloved wife, Sarah, have been separated. While suffering his own internment, James is reminded of his time with Japanese-Americans in the Manzanar Relocation Camp during World War II, and he cannot allow the past to repeat itself. With the help of his friends—Chandresh, Jocelyn, Timothy, even the irreverent Geoffrey—James learns what it means to return, and he is determined to return to his Sarah no matter the challenges—or the consequences. In the end, it may be up to Olivia, the most powerful of witches, to grant James’s most fervent wish. Will James and Sarah be reunited once and for all despite the madness surrounding them?
Book One: Her Dear & Loving Husband
James Wentworth has a secret. He lives quietly in Salem, Massachusetts, making few ties with anyone. One night his private world is turned upside down when he meets Sarah Alexander, a dead ringer for his wife, Elizabeth. Though it has been years since Elizabeth's death, James cannot move on.
Sarah also has a secret. She is haunted by nightmares about the Salem Witch Trials, and every night she is awakened by visions of hangings, being arrested, and dying in jail. Despite the obstacles of their secrets, James and Sarah fall in love. As James comes to terms with his feelings for Sarah, he must dodge accusations from a reporter desperate to prove that James is not who, or what, he seems to be. Soon James and Sarah piece their stories together and discover a mystery that may bind them in ways they never imagined. Do vampires and witches live in Salem? Will James make the ultimate sacrifice to protect Sarah and prevent a new hunt from bringing hysteria to Salem again?
Book Two: Her Loving Husband’s Curse
How far will you go to protect the one you love?
Finally, after many long and lonely years, vampire James Wentworth's life is falling into place. Together with his wife, Sarah, the only woman he has ever loved, he has found the meaning behind her nightmares about the Salem Witch Trials, and now they are rebuilding the life they began together so long ago.
But the past is never far behind for the Wentworths. While Sarah is haunted by new visions, now about the baby she carried over three hundred years before, James is confronted with painful memories from his time with the Cherokee on the Trail of Tears. Through it all, the persistent reporter Kenneth Hempel reappears, still determined to prove that the undead walk the earth. If Hempel succeeds in his quest, James and Sarah will suffer. Will the curse of the vampire prevent James and Sarah from living their happily ever after?
Book Three: Her Loving Husband’s Return
What would you do to return to the only one you have ever loved?
Vampire James Wentworth’s secret is no longer a secret, and now he and his beloved wife, Sarah, have been separated. While suffering his own internment, James is reminded of his time with Japanese-Americans in the Manzanar Relocation Camp during World War II, and he cannot allow the past to repeat itself. With the help of his friends—Chandresh, Jocelyn, Timothy, even the irreverent Geoffrey—James learns what it means to return, and he is determined to return to his Sarah no matter the challenges—or the consequences. In the end, it may be up to Olivia, the most powerful of witches, to grant James’s most fervent wish. Will James and Sarah be reunited once and for all despite the madness surrounding them?
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First published June 9, 2014
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About the author
Meredith Allard
19 books362 followersMeredith Allard is the author of the beloved bestselling paranormal historical Loving Husband Trilogy. Her sweet Victorian romance, When It Rained at Hembry Castle, was named a best historical novel by IndieReader. Down Salem Way, the prequel to the Loving Husband Trilogy set around the Salem Witch Trials, won the B.R.A.G. Medallion and was a semi-finalist for the Chaucer Award in Early Historical Fiction. Painting the Past: A Guide for Writing Historical Fiction was named a #1 new release in creativity self-help on Amazon. She has taught writing to students ages five to 75, and she loves books, cats, and coffee, not always in that order. She lives in the hills of Southern Nevada. Visit Meredith at www.meredithallard.com.
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April 28, 2015
This trilogy is fabulously written. It weaves the facts of 1692 Salem with the fiction of truly relatable main characters and then throws a healthy dose of paranormal into the mix!
I am a huge fan of historical fiction and I have always been fascinated by the Salem Witch Trials. I've long wondered how hysteria could begin with three young girls and infect the entire town.It seems that sometimes a person wants to see evil so badly that make it so.
Allard introduces librarian, Sarah, early on. She gets the readers interested in Salem and current witches before she drops the "vampire" character of James Wentworth on you. Never fear, you'll love him and all of his nocturnal eccentricities. Through the trilogy, Allard takes these characters through several major historical "hysterical" events and shows how history does repeat itself.
Book one, takes you in depth to the Salem witch trials and explains that both characters have a very personal connection to them. In Book two, you are taking on the "trail of tears" as thousands of Cherokee natives are forced from their land and onto the reservation. Book three takes you to post Pearl Harbor and the Japanese internment camps. It sounds like a lot of history but Allard did an amazing job of not only making flow but connecting all of the events to her main characters as well.
This trilogy has it all. There is clean romance, terror, tragedy, joy and suspense. I highly recommend it. Still a better love story than Twilight :)
I am a huge fan of historical fiction and I have always been fascinated by the Salem Witch Trials. I've long wondered how hysteria could begin with three young girls and infect the entire town.It seems that sometimes a person wants to see evil so badly that make it so.
Allard introduces librarian, Sarah, early on. She gets the readers interested in Salem and current witches before she drops the "vampire" character of James Wentworth on you. Never fear, you'll love him and all of his nocturnal eccentricities. Through the trilogy, Allard takes these characters through several major historical "hysterical" events and shows how history does repeat itself.
Book one, takes you in depth to the Salem witch trials and explains that both characters have a very personal connection to them. In Book two, you are taking on the "trail of tears" as thousands of Cherokee natives are forced from their land and onto the reservation. Book three takes you to post Pearl Harbor and the Japanese internment camps. It sounds like a lot of history but Allard did an amazing job of not only making flow but connecting all of the events to her main characters as well.
This trilogy has it all. There is clean romance, terror, tragedy, joy and suspense. I highly recommend it. Still a better love story than Twilight :)
February 18, 2023
#1 Her dear & loving husband
A woman moves to Salem after her divorce, and comes across the house see has seen in her dreams. The owner of the house then mistakes her for his long dead wife.
Oh, boy! That's just the start of this supernatural tale, which is tied to a couple that lived during the witch trails in 1692.
Yeah, a very intriguing read!!
#2 Her loving husband's curse
A vampire that has lived 350 years, having melded into human society, as a professor at the local University. Teaching English literature was easy, when you personally had known some of the authors.
However, vampires are conceived by society as blood sucking fiends. The movie and literature on the species, did nothing to endear them to humans. So to make known thatt what was mythical creatures, are actually real. Well, it didn't go well for witches in the 17th Century, and even though humans had evolved, there are always those that fear the unknown, and react through that fear.
What happens next is what makes this a superlative tale.
#3 Her loving husband's return
So, as our tale progresses, the vampires are outed and off course humans, although if they thought about it, lived alongside these people without problems, until they were identified as different. Then they have become blood sucking fiends.
What happens, well, that's why the author has put a lot of time crafting a great tale, so you have the ability to be transferred into someone else's life, for a short period of time.
It is a vert heart warming story, literally.
A woman moves to Salem after her divorce, and comes across the house see has seen in her dreams. The owner of the house then mistakes her for his long dead wife.
Oh, boy! That's just the start of this supernatural tale, which is tied to a couple that lived during the witch trails in 1692.
Yeah, a very intriguing read!!
#2 Her loving husband's curse
A vampire that has lived 350 years, having melded into human society, as a professor at the local University. Teaching English literature was easy, when you personally had known some of the authors.
However, vampires are conceived by society as blood sucking fiends. The movie and literature on the species, did nothing to endear them to humans. So to make known thatt what was mythical creatures, are actually real. Well, it didn't go well for witches in the 17th Century, and even though humans had evolved, there are always those that fear the unknown, and react through that fear.
What happens next is what makes this a superlative tale.
#3 Her loving husband's return
So, as our tale progresses, the vampires are outed and off course humans, although if they thought about it, lived alongside these people without problems, until they were identified as different. Then they have become blood sucking fiends.
What happens, well, that's why the author has put a lot of time crafting a great tale, so you have the ability to be transferred into someone else's life, for a short period of time.
It is a vert heart warming story, literally.
January 8, 2015
The finest ever in trilogies
This set of stories has no equal. Love adventure history and awesome characters made this seventy one year old cry and laugh a feel a gamut of things not indescribable and don't miss all three of them. I thank amazon and the writer for a wonderful book experience. Love gita Stuyvesant. At faceebook
This set of stories has no equal. Love adventure history and awesome characters made this seventy one year old cry and laugh a feel a gamut of things not indescribable and don't miss all three of them. I thank amazon and the writer for a wonderful book experience. Love gita Stuyvesant. At faceebook
May 9, 2015
I loved this entire series HOWEVER I would do the author an injustice if I were to write a review at this time. The wisest thing that any reader should do is to "always" read one book and wait some time before reading each book in a box set.
January 15, 2015
a great love story
I loved this trilogy. It kept me interested. Also learned some history. Love all the characters in the books. A must read!
I loved this trilogy. It kept me interested. Also learned some history. Love all the characters in the books. A must read!
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April 11, 2016Decided to read at a later time.
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May 18, 2017awesome book could not put down
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