{"product_id":"midnights-budding-morrow-9780825446542","title":"Midnight's Budding Morrow","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"A journey of poignancy and hope . . . difficult to put down. I loved it!\"--Jennie Goutet, \u003c\/b\u003e author of the Clavering Chronicles series \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSarah Drayton is eager to spend a holiday at her best friend's crumbling Northumberland castle estate. Alas, rather than easy companionship with her dear friend, she finds herself being inveigled into a marriage of convenience with her friend's rakish brother. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen James Langley returns to his family's estate, war is raging and he wants only distraction, not serious tethers. But his roguish ways have backed him into a corner, and he has little choice but to obey his father's shocking decree: marry before returning to war...or else. Suddenly he finds himself wedded to a clever and capable woman he barely knows. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Sarah craves love and a place to belong, neither of which James offered before returning to the battlefront. Now everyone around her thinks she married above her station, and they have no intention of rewarding her for such impertinence. Only when her husband returns from war does she begins to hope they may find real happiness. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen tragedy strikes, this pair must learn to trust God and cling to the belief that even in the darkest depths of night, the morning still holds hope.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMiller, Carolyn:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Award-winning author Carolyn Miller lives in the beautiful Southern Highlands of New South Wales, Australia. She is married, with four gorgeous children, who all love to read (and write!). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A longtime lover of Regency romance, Carolyn's novels have won a number of Romance Writers of American (RWA) and American Christian Fiction Writers (ACFW) contests as well as the Australian Omega Christian Writers Award. She is a member of American Christian Fiction Writers and Australasian Christian Writers. Her favourite authors are classics like Jane Austen (of course!), Georgette Heyer, and Agatha Christie, but she also enjoys contemporary authors like Susan May Warren and Becky Wade. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHer stories are fun and witty, yet also deal with real issues, such as dealing with forgiveness, the nature of really loving versus 'true love', and other challenges we all face at different times. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHer books include: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRegency Brides: A Legacy of Grace\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Elusive Miss Ellison\u003cbr\u003eThe Captivating Lady Charlotte\u003cbr\u003eThe Dishonorable Miss DeLancey \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eRegency Brides: A Promise of Hope\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWinning Miss Winthrop\u003cbr\u003e Miss Serena's Secret\u003cbr\u003eThe Making of Mrs. Hale \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eRegency Bride: Daughers of Aynsley\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA Hero for Miss Hatherleigh\u003cbr\u003eUnderestimating Miss Cecilia\u003cbr\u003eMisleading Miss Verity","brand":"Kregel Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50485855453458,"sku":"9780825446542","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_44b28032-4c65-415e-b497-7e7420b729e1.jpg?v=1730412769","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/midnights-budding-morrow-9780825446542","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}