The powerful Duke of Danby is at it again! 1816 was the year
without a summer, but what a Christmas it will be when His
Grace finally turns his matchmaking machinations to distant
branches of the Whitton family tree.
Deb Marlowe's Lady, It’s Cold Outside
Miss Glenna Bolton is not having a Happy Christmas. She’s
lost her grandfather and the bookshop they ran together. If
not for the invitation from the Duke of Danby, she would
have no place to go. * No Christmas festivities for Baron
Ellesworth this year. His newly inherited estate is in bad
shape—and so is his bank account. He’ll spend the holiday
traveling to do a bit of business with Lord Danby, in hopes
of bringing Christmas to Elleshaven next year. * Traveling
during the holiday season doesn’t sound romantic, but a star
in the East, an abandoned child and a quest for holiday
cheer might just convince these two that love is the best
gift of the Season.
Jerrica Knight-Catania’s Gabriel’s Christmas Wish
Gabriel Whitton isn't thrilled he's being forced to go to
Yorkshire for Christmas this year, but he's willing to make
the most of it in his comfy room with a bottle of brandy and
a warm fire. But when his pestering sisters force him out
into the cold, he finds something far more interesting than
a bottle of brandy. * Sara Beth Millstone has a secret that
hardly anyone in town is privy to, so it's rather alarming
when she realizes the handsome new stranger has figured her
out. Now she must decide between her pride and what could be
true love.
Marie Higgins’s Worth Fighting For
Lindsay Lennox, daughter of the governor of Turkey, worries
she’ll never have the chance to meet a man and fall in love.
Being the youngest of eight daughters, it is customary for
all of her sisters to marry before she can be out in society
and even meet a man. Her twenty-fourth birthday is coming
quickly, and she’s running out of hope. Desperation takes
hold and she disguises herself as a servant in order to slip
through the palace gates. Disaster strikes when she meets a
handsome sea captain and is mistakenly whisked across the
sea to England. Lindsay knows her only hope of salvation
will be to find her Whitton relatives in England and beg for
help. Unfortunately, the devastating Captain Braxton proves
more temptation than her lonely heart can resist.