Dear Readers

After four years of contributing novellas to the wonderful ImaJinn/BelleBooks Christmas anthologies, I am delighted to present to you my Christmas gift of a Regency novel: Under a Christmas Sky. The opportunity to indulge in more detailed characterization, back story, description, and narration has been a writer’s greatest pleasure, and Julia and Will’s journey together has retained its hold on my imagination.

For the first time in my writing career, I worked in partnership with another author, as we coordinated everything from the larger plot points to the smaller details of our two novels. I am blessed to have written Under a Christmas Sky while regularly corresponding with the talented and generous Virginia Brown, whose wonderful romance Mistletoe Magic has characters and events intersecting with my own. Truly, it was an extraordinary Christmas house party.

I am grateful for Virginia’s suggestions and advice, as we are both grateful for the collaborative efforts and wisdom of Brenda Chin, our extraordinary editor. As we are all grateful to you, our readers, for entering into the Regency world we have crafted.

With best wishes and blessings in this holiday season, and for the new year.

—Sharon Sobel