A Promise Given

A delightful romp through the English countryside and back.

Anxious to be married, Henrietta and Clive push forward with their wedding plans despite their family differences, made worse now by Oldrich Exley’s attempts to control the Von Harmons. When the long-awaited wedding day arrives, there is more unfolding than just Clive and Henrietta’s vows of love. Stanley and Elsie’s relationship is sorely tested by the presence of the dashing Lieutenant Harrison Barnes-Smith and by Henrietta’s friend Rose—a situation that grows increasingly dark and confused as time goes on.

As Clive and Henrietta begin their honeymoon at Castle Linley, the Howards’ ancestral estate in England, they encounter a whole new host of characters, including the eccentric Lord and Lady Linley and Clive’s mysterious cousin, Wallace. When a man is murdered in the village on the night of a house party at the Castle, Wallace comes under suspicion—and Clive and Henrietta are reluctantly drawn into the case, despite Clive’s anxiety at involving his new bride and Henrietta’s distracting news from home.

Delicately attempting to work together for the first time, Clive and Henrietta set out to prove Wallace’s innocence, uncovering as they do so some rather shocking truths that will shake the Linley name and estate forever.

Author: Michelle Cox

Publication Date: April 24, 2018

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2019 Indie Excellence Awards Winner: Cross Genre
2019 IBPA Ben Franklin Awards: Silver in Romance
2019 Independent Press Award in Romantic Suspense
2019 International Book Awards, Finalist, Fiction: Cross Genre

2019 Pulpwood Queens Bonus Selection
2019 Next Generation Indie Book Awards: Finalist in Series
2018 Chanticleer Awards: Finalist in Historical Fiction, 1st place winner in Romance and grand-prize winner in Mystery and Mayhem
2018 Next Generation Indie Book Awards Finalist in Romance
2018 Best Book Awards Finalist in Romance
2018 Best Book Awards Finalist in Cross-Genre

“Cox’s eye for historical detail remains sharp… A pleasant, escapist diversion.”
Kirkus Reviews

“Fans of Henrietta and Inspector Howard will delight in Michelle Cox’s latest novel. Romantic and atmospheric, A Promise Given offers an intriguing glimpse into 1930s Chicago, by weaving in authentic period details and exploring the social tensions of the day. The unlikely pairing of the Howards—two characters from very different worlds—provides a tender love story.”
—Susanna Calkins, award-winning author of the Lucy Campion Historical Mysteries

“The mix of sleuthing and aristocratic life pairs well with Rhys Bowen’s Royal Spyness series.”
Booklist

A Promise Given is a well-told story which. . . had me immersed and wanting more. Well done!”
Windy City Reviews

“Series fans will cheer the beginning of Clive and Henrietta’s private investigation business in an entry with welcome echoes of Pride and Prejudice.”
Publishers Weekly

About the Author

Michelle Cox holds a B.A. in English literature from Mundelein College, Chicago, and is the author of the award-winning Henrietta and Inspector Howard series, as well as the weekly “Novel Notes of Local Lore,” a blog dedicated to Chicago’s forgotten residents.

Cox lives in the Chicago suburbs with her husband and three children and is currently hard at work on the fourth book of the series.  In her free time, she sits on the Board of the prestigious Society of Midland Authors and is a reviewer for the New York Journal of Books.

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