Jeanne O'Shea must run away from her stepfather to preserve her virginity and her brother's safety. When she and her brother meet up with Leon Arregi, he takes care of them like no man Jeanne has ever known. Is it any wonder she falls in love with the handsome Basque sheepherder? But Leon is promised to someone else. Jeanne and Leon tiptoe around each other, with Leon doing his best to preserve Jeanne's honor and his own--until he can no longer resist. When Jeanne finds out she is with child, each of them have decisions to make and a dilemma over promises given. Anita Wall has created an interesting, if not unique, story in A Promise Given which is a sweetly sensual historical romance with few surprises.