The Comet that Came For Christmas
Christmas is a magical time. For former sweethearts Victoria Hawthorne and Jake Dillon, their unexpected reunion is anything but that. Their paths cross again when Jake and his millionaire employer visit Victoria's hometown of Tyler, Tennessee before opening a Haley's Emporium there and stay in Victoria's home. Their old attraction flares again but both know Jake isn't staying for long. But when his boss tumbles down some icy stairs injuring his back, and an approaching snowstorm threatens to bury the town, Jake and Victoria are stuck together, forcing them to look at their pasts and into their hearts to see if they have a second chance. And with a legendary comet possibly headed their way, one that has always brought Jake's boss good luck, how can they not have a happily-ever-after?
Christmas Stockings
_Holly Chamberlain can write love letters for others, but no decent young
lady would dare write one for herself. So when her secret beloved,
Grayson Clark, vicar at St. Martin in the Pines, arrives at her office
with a request to write love letters for a shy friend, she suspects he
is actually the friend and the letters are to the granddaughter of a
baronet known to admire him. His request for her to replace an injured
cast member of St. Martin's production of A Christmas Carol delights
her, but the baronet's granddaughter is also in the cast, dashing any
hopes Holly has for her own Christmas love story.
Grayson Clark can speak eloquently from the pulpit, but not to Holly Chamberlain, the woman he secretly loves. After all, he's just a vicar while she is the daughter of one of London's wealthiest merchants and known to be admired by an up and coming barrister. Dictating his own love letters to her may be folly but what else can he do? Having her join the cast of A Christmas Carol seemed like a miracle, but now his predecessor is insisting Grayson be attentive to a baronet's granddaughter in order to pay for St. Martin's new roof. Can't vicars have their own happily-ever afters?
After all, it's Christmas.
Set against a backdrop of late Victorian London, and a production of Charles' Dickens beloved, A Christmas Carol, Christmas Stockings brings together two people who are only shy when they are together, and whose fondest wish is about to be granted-and they don't even have to use mistletoe!
Grayson Clark can speak eloquently from the pulpit, but not to Holly Chamberlain, the woman he secretly loves. After all, he's just a vicar while she is the daughter of one of London's wealthiest merchants and known to be admired by an up and coming barrister. Dictating his own love letters to her may be folly but what else can he do? Having her join the cast of A Christmas Carol seemed like a miracle, but now his predecessor is insisting Grayson be attentive to a baronet's granddaughter in order to pay for St. Martin's new roof. Can't vicars have their own happily-ever afters?
After all, it's Christmas.
Set against a backdrop of late Victorian London, and a production of Charles' Dickens beloved, A Christmas Carol, Christmas Stockings brings together two people who are only shy when they are together, and whose fondest wish is about to be granted-and they don't even have to use mistletoe!
Zebra in a Manger
Eleanor Hamilton's husband, Drew, had always called Christmas a magical time of the year. Now the tree is decorated, Christmas Eve church bells are tolling, and Drew has not come home. Couldn't the Foreign Office have sent another one of their spies on this dangerous mission? So far, Eleanor has been creative in her explanations to the children, but not their despair threatens to overwhelm her. When her daughter's whimsical story and a friend's legend gives her a bit of hope, practical Eleanor must truly believe that Christmas is about the the very best magic there is: love.
A Christmas Proposal
With her forthright manner and freckled face, heiress Cassandra Barnwell knows the only reason men seek her hand in marriage is because of her fortune. And nothing less than true love will take her to the altar. Desperate to foil her Great Aunt Tilda's matchmaking, she solicits the help of a man she just met, a duke's younger brother and current heir. Pretend to court her and keep away the charlatan's and she'll fund his archaeology expeditions. The last thing she expects is to fall in love.
After Lord Brandon Russell's (London's most confirmed bachelor) chief backer decides to spend his money on his new wife and Brandon's own brother refuses to help, Brandon needs money fast. So when Miss Cassandra Barnwell makes him an offer impossible to turn down, he accepts. Pretending to court her shouldn't be so hard. After all, she's paying him handsomely for it. With her backing, he can return to Egypt at the first of the year, both of them happy with their arrangement. But it's Christmas, and the more time he spends with Cassandra, even Brandon finds his thoughts straying to mistletoe and happily-ever-after.
After Lord Brandon Russell's (London's most confirmed bachelor) chief backer decides to spend his money on his new wife and Brandon's own brother refuses to help, Brandon needs money fast. So when Miss Cassandra Barnwell makes him an offer impossible to turn down, he accepts. Pretending to court her shouldn't be so hard. After all, she's paying him handsomely for it. With her backing, he can return to Egypt at the first of the year, both of them happy with their arrangement. But it's Christmas, and the more time he spends with Cassandra, even Brandon finds his thoughts straying to mistletoe and happily-ever-after.