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This is a pair of Christmas novellas, Heart Rescued and Catch a Snowflake. Heart Rescued (originally published in the Tales for the Season Anthology) Four years since Jasper lost the woman he was hoping to marry. Four years since he closed his heart, and withdrew from Society. He has no idea his reclusive existence is about to be shattered. Enter his sister's best friend, Harriet, a flame haired beauty, who needs his help. Reluctantly he agre...

If we are part of a universe where moonbeams and mistletoe exist, nothing is insurmountable for, otherwise, what is the point? To Emily Livingston, spinster - this deceptively frivolous phrase was all she had left of her betrothed. To Henry Bartholomew, widower - the sentiment, while naïve, also serves as a reminder that even in the darkest of hours, light can be found... it was simply a matter of perspective. When four-year-old twins run i...

England 1908: Under the clock, on a sleepy station platform nestled in rural Lincolnshire, an unexpected romance blossoms. Maisie: Every Friday, at precisely five to six, a handsome young man arrives at the station. I know the time because I can see the clock. The train pulls in, punctual as always, and among the alighting passengers is an elderly gentleman. The young man greets him with a smile and a handshake, then tucks his arm through t...

Europe is on the brink of catastrophe. In a small village in rural Lincolnshire, a wife kisses her husband goodbye. Childhood sweethearts, Eliza and Joe have only been married two years. They could not have imagined how soon they would be torn apart by war, nor that the most unexpected of guardians would offer them hope during their darkest hours. Eliza: August 1914 - Nettleby-under-Wold Joe looked so smart in his uniform. The badge, denoti...

World War II catapulted ordinary people into extraordinary service to save the world from an insidious evil... even if that meant being forced to do things which, under normal circumstances, would be considered abhorrent. Genevieve Rousseau, Evie to a select few, was one such person who could not escape this fate. Despite her covert endeavours to liberate Paris from the Germans, she finds herself labelled a collaborator and an enemy of the Fr...

What happens when two people whose elusive hearts fight an indefinable attraction, neither looked for nor desired, dare to dream?When her fiancé and sister abscond to Gretna Green on her wedding day, Sapphira Beresford longs to escape, to avoid the gossipmongers gloating over her misfortune. Disillusioned, she is determined not to be burnt again, swearing off romance and marriage.A fortuitous invitation sees her embarking on a journey to Pompe...

Twenty years after a global plague, the remnants of civilisation struggle to eke out an existence in a world where humanity is secondary to survival.On the outskirts of a once vibrant Rome, Gabriel tends his vineyard. From dawn to dusk, he strives to carve out a living, while caring for Bianca, his heavily pregnant wife.Life might be tough, but at least he had an income, meagre though it was. Trouble seemed a distant memory, until the day he n...

An unremarkable family ring - lost when its owner was killed in the catastrophic eruption of Vesuvius - is excavated after nearly two millennia buried under tons of lava, setting off an extraordinary sequence of events.A brazen robbery, and the ring is lost again. The theft and subsequent investigation, inspire twelve-year-old Cristiano Rossi to dedicate his life to the search and recovery of stolen artefacts. Fast forward twenty years. Whispe...

Recently widowed, Amelia Ingram - Countess of Gresham, decides to shake off the fetters from her arranged and loveless marriage. Exploiting her new-found independence, Amelia indulges her yearning to explore - incognito. Her ploy works so well, she receives an offer of employment from the dangerously handsome, Rupert Latimer - Earl of Badlesmere. On impulse, she accepts and finds herself governess to Cate, a delightful scamp of a child. What b...

Randolph Craythorpe - earl, covert operative, and occasional highwayman - believed his dalliance with Lady Felicity Hartwich would lead to marriage. It did, but not to him! The fortuitous arrival of an unwelcome guest provides the perfect opportunity to indulge in a little retaliation. Emma Newbury accompanies her cousin, Lady Charity Anscombe, to London for the Christmas Season. Once there, she comes face to face with the three men who witnes...

Ged Mowbray will do anything to avoid being married off to the suitable prospects his parents insist on parading in front of him.Melissa Bouchard is under no illusion her sizeable dowry is the attraction to suitors, not her. An overheard conversation leads to an offer too good to refuse, but what happens when a lady's wager, becomes a gamble on the happily ever after, you did not even realise you wanted?NB: This book includes a short excerpt f...

After witnessing his mother's grief at the loss of his father, Nick Drummond resolved never to cause someone he loved such distress. Even the happiness of his siblings would not sway him - until he met Rose.Rose Archer was almost content, assisting her doctor father in a tiny fishing village in the north of Yorkshire. To experience the world beyond, a tantalising dream - until she met Nick.Unexpectedly, the impossible becomes possible, and the...

Jessica Drummond, a bright and cheerful young woman, rarely gives romance, let alone love, a thought. Long hours working in her brother's shipping office affords little chance of her ever meeting an eligible bachelor. Duncan Barrington, veteran of the Napoleonic Wars, believes himself wounded in both body and soul. He has no intention of inflicting his demons on anyone, certainly not a beautiful and, in his opinion, irresponsible city lady.One...

Tired of being ignored by her husband, Roana Dumont, Countess of Brooketon does the one thing guaranteed to get his attention. She runs away... to Venice, leaving behind a set of riddles for him to solve... if he feels their marriage is worth saving. Gideon Dumont, 6th Earl of Brooketon is flabbergasted when he discovers his wife has apparently vanished off the face of the earth. A series of puzzles, the only clue as to her whereabouts. The qu...

A holiday on the Scottish isle of Mull was just the break Chloe Shepherd needed, an escape from her boring office job and her complete lack of anything resembling a social life. Romance, it seems, isn't on the cards and, although Chloe dreams of finding her soulmate she is beginning to believe love is like cobwebs - spun overnight, only to vanish in the early morning breeze. Under sufferance, Dominic Winters makes a flying visit to Mull to che...

For Lucia, staring into the jaws of an horrific death, escape seems impossible.Rufius Atellus, a veteran Roman soldier, is appalled when he recognises one of the victims about to be executed. Surely this is a ghastly mistake?A ferocious she-wolf, anticipating a tasty meal, suddenly finds herself under a human's control.In an unexpected twist, and as danger threatens, the lives of all three become inextricably entwined. Was it chance brought th...

Kassandra Winters has intrigued Gabriel St Germain since he accidentally knocked her flying outside her university professor's office. Her face haunts his dreams, yet he never expected to see her again. So, he is surprised when she appears, as though destined to do so, in the middle of a ruin, and he concocts a plan to win her heart. Gabriel's old-fashioned courtship touches something deep inside Kassie and, although struggling to believe some...

As we all know love has a habit of striking at the most inopportune moments and that sometimes fairy tales happen when we least expect them. Giles Trevallier, 5th Earl of Winchester - tired, cold and very wet - was lamenting his decision to try to outride the storm. Escaping from the hustle of the city, Giles was looking forward to a few months of peace and quiet, while he managed his vast country estate. Now all he wanted to do was to get hom...

Abused by a duke, and shunned by Society, relief seems at hand when Grace Aldeburgh is bequeathed a house in a small village, far from malicious gossips.Once there, a tentative friendship blooms between Grace and Theo Elliott, the local doctor, who has already resolved to be the man to unlock her heart.Just when happiness appears to be within her grasp, her erstwhile tormentor once again stalks Grace. After a failed kidnap attempt, the duke's ...

Lady Helena Trevallier was, to outward appearances, a social butterfly. She wandered the museums and art galleries, took long horse rides and enjoyed brisk constitutionals - weather permitting - around the many city parks. She flitted here and there, rather like an exotic butterfly and had several men trailing in her wake, in the hope that she might favour them with a dance or better still allow them to escort her to one of the many social gat...