Phoebe Linville grew up in a Quaker household, her one joy
having been the
bedtime stories her mother had told of magical fairies that
roamed the
country side of her old country. After marrying a Quaker
and moving to
America, her mother became estranged from her English
relatives. Phoebe's
father understood how much comfort her mother had taken in
the telling of
these stories. After her parents have passed she receives a
letter from her Grandfather inviting her to England His
letters fill her with the
warmth, that has been missing in her life. She has never
met her
grandfather but soon sails to England to meet him. Phoebe
has high hopes of
meeting not only her grandfather, but all of the family her
mother left behind.
After a storm filled voyage, which takes almost a month to
Phoebe arrives in England only to be told that her
grandfather has passed on from an
infection. She faints into the arms of the messenger, Major
Lucas Stanton,
a distant cousin. But when Lucas tells Phoebe of her
grandfather's dying
wish that she marry Lucas, she collapses once again into his
arms. Major
Lucas Stanton, the eighth Earl of Merritt, is the heir to
Phoebe's
grandfather's estate. He has made a vow to the old earl that
he would take
care of Miss Linville, and he is determined to honor that
promise. To
placate the dying man, he has agreed to consider the
marriage proposal if
Phoebe is amenable. However, Phoebe seems to find the prospect
disconcerting. At first, Lucas had not thought she could
survive the ton or
marriage to him, but after sitting and talking to her, he is
pleasantly
surprised by her inner fire.
Phoebe is determined to return to America to her
half-brother and his
family, for she feels very strongly that love should play a
big role in
marriage, where Lucas does not. Nevertheless, Lucas decides
to do all he can
to get her to remain in England; both to honor a promise
made to a dying man
and because it is possible she is just what he needs in his
life. In fact,
she might be the antidote to the woman he had once loved and
who had
destroyed his life. Spending time with him and succumbing to
his devastating
kisses, she finds herself in a compromising situation, and
they are forced
to wed. After the hasty wedding, they retire to their home,
Mistletoe Manor,
but can they overcome the differences in their pasts and the
threat of
smugglers?
A most tasty treat, HIS MISTLETOE BRIDE, the latest book by
author
Vanessa Kelly, is a heartwarming, witty and passionate
historical romance
that will keep you up late into the night! This author
brings the characters
to life and you feel that you are in the story. HIS
MISTLETOE BRIDE is a must read and I look
forward to more from Vanessa Kelly
Blame It On The Mistletoe--When Major Lucas Stanton
inherited his earldom, he never dreamed his property
would
include the previous earl's granddaughter. Phoebe
Linville
is a sparkling American beauty, yes, but with a talent
for
getting into trouble. Witness the compromising position
that
forced them into wedlock. Whisked away to Mistletoe
Manor,
his country estate, it isn't long before she is
challenging
his rules--and surprising him in and out of bed-- Phoebe
has
no intention of bowing to Lucas's stubbornness even
though
he offers all that she wants. His kisses and unexpected
warmth are enticing, but Phoebe is determined to show the
earl of Merritt what real love is all about. And if that
takes twelve nights of delicious seduction by a roaring
fire, she's more than willing to reveal her gifts very
slowly--"The perfect holiday treat!" --Kieran
KramerPraise
for Vanessa Kelly and My Favorite Countess"In her latest
sublimely sensual Regency historical, Kelly delivers wit,
a
tightly knit plot, a refreshingly different hero, and a
realistically complicated heroine, who could give
Scarlett
O'Hara a good run for her money." --Booklist (starred
review)
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