The Viscount's Sweet Temptation (10 page)

The world they know is dying. All they want is to find their place in it before it does.

A Christmas Courtship
 

An anthology of Regency Christmas novellas:
The Viscount’s Sweet Temptation
,
A Bride for Christmas
, and
The Mistletoe Mishap
.

The Incorrigible Mr. Lumley

Stubborn. Hard-headed. Single-minded.
The qualities that make David Lumley a successful horse breeder are put to work befriending Lady Joanna Hurst with less than noble intentions. He’s tenacious in his pursuit of the answers he seeks.

Lady Joanna falls fast and hard for the handsome, witty and charming Mr. Lumley after her brother’s ultimatum to find a husband by the end of the Season. He is everything she imagined a husband could be, and more. Blissfully unaware of the conflict between their fathers, she believes he’ll declare his love soon. Then she overhears a conversation between Mr. Lumley and her brother, and all of Mr. Lumley’s tenacity will be needed if he’s to win back her heart.

A Pretense of Love

Blush sensuality level This is a sweet romance (kisses only, no sexual content).

Twenty-two-year-old Jean’s best chance of finding a husband is behind her. When her brother’s friend offers to pay for a Season in London in exchange for pretending to be his betrothed, she sees it as a miracle.

Ben needed a fiancée to convince his dying grandfather that he has settled down and is capable of inheriting and running his business and estate. But he didn’t consider how spending six weeks with Jean would make her necessary to his happiness. Now she’s in London and he’s in agony. A gentleman never reneges on an agreement…unless his heart is broken.

A Blush® Regency romance from Ellora’s Cave

Chasing Lord Mystery
(In A Gentlemen’s Pact Book 2)

Lord Northcotte is not in the holiday spirit when he joins his sister’s family shortly after the brutal death of a friend. Discovering a matchmaking scheme is afoot, he tells them he will never marry Lady Miriam or any other woman. Now if only his heart would listen.
 

Lady Miriam’s mother accused her of chasing Lord Mystery after a noble act by a handsome gentleman six years ago became the measure of all other men. Now he’s staying at the home where she’d hoped to escape a summons from her grandfather, the Duke of Danby. Terrified Northcotte will recognize her and reveal the contents of the scandalous letter she wrote him years ago, she can’t decide which is the bigger threat: the duke armed with a special license, or Lord Mystery, who carries a secret she’d never live down.

Helena’s Christmas Beau

Blush sensuality level: This is a sweet romance (kisses only, no sexual content).

Facing her second Christmas since the loss of her fiancé, Helena relies on her favorite traditions to bring back the joy of the season. Yet from stir-up day to bringing in the greenery on Christmas Eve, her cousin’s brother-in-law Duncan is underfoot, questioning her every action.

As Duncan plays along with the outdated rites, he realizes how much he’s missed Helena’s laughter. When he hears she plans to re-enter the Marriage Mart next spring, he is struck with jealousy. Is he falling in love, or simply under the spell of the holiday season?

A Blush® Regency romance from Ellora’s Cave

Her Secondhand Duke

Lady Charlotte is the last of her friends to come into possession of the heart-shaped pendant a gypsy insists will lead to the heart of a duke. Since none of the other girls married a duke, Charlotte is highly suspicious of its authenticity. But the Duke of Langley has yet to choose his bride, and she has longed for him since first sight, when he was still engaged to her dear friend, Lady Eleanor.

Langley is beyond frustrated with his inability to secure a bride by the time he’d planned to celebrate his betrothal. When he suggests to Lady Charlotte they should marry, he’s put off by her refusal while intrigued by her challenge to prove himself “worthy” of her hand. But winning the little minx forces him to look inside himself and he’s not too pleased with the man he sees. Can a gypsy’s locket help him find his heart, and true love?

About the Author

Aileen Fish, author of The Bridgethorpe Brides series, is published under several pen names, with stories ranging from historical to paranormal, and heat levels from sweet to scorching. She is also an avid quilter and auto racing fan who finds there aren't enough hours in a day/week/lifetime to stay up with her "to do" list. There is always another quilt or story begging to steal away attention from the others. When she has a spare moment she enjoys spending time with her two daughters and their families, and her fairy princess granddaughter.

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