Snowbound Christmas – Amanda McCabe
“That was the most delicious meal ever,” Belle sighed as she lay back on the fur-edged blanket laid before the fire in their little cottage. They had gone back there after the Winsome ball and indulged in a glorious picnic before that night’s party at Louisa’s house. The party to celebrate their engagement. She felt so very warm and content, the heat from the fire dancing over her bare arms and the wine she had drunk flowing through her veins. How long had it been since she felt so very content, so very right.
Never, she realized as she reached for Will’s hand. She had never felt like this before, as if she was exactly where she was meant to be.
She rolled onto her side and propped her head on her arm to study him, her fiancé, as he lay stretched out beside her. He was the very picture of indolent, masculine grace, a golden jungle cat dozing in the sun, coiled strength at rest. He had shed his coat, cravat, and waistcoat, and his shirt fell open to reveal a deep vee of glistening, smoothly muscled skin and the strong column of his throat. In one hand he held a half-full wineglass while the other stroked the hem of her silk skirt.
A lazy smile touched his lips. “I’m glad you enjoyed it. That I can still surprise you.”
“I do like your surprises.” She reached out and gently traced her fingertips over the chiseled angles of his face. His sharp cheekbones, the rough bristles over his jaw, his closed eyes and the silken sweep of his brows. The fading bruise. He lay there, very still, eyes closed, and just let her explore.
Until she leaned down and lightly kissed his lips, and he suddenly caught her in his arms, making her squeal-laugh.
He put down his glass and wound his arm around her waist, lowering her down onto the blanket. His palms planted to either side of her as he held himself over her. His blue eyes were hooded and intent as he stared down at her.
“I’d just like to know something about one more surprise,” he said.
“And what would that be, my Galahad?”
“Who is Lady X at the Rose?”
Belle laughed and dragged him down with her. “That, my love, is one secret I shall never tell...”
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Ready for more antics from the girls of Isle of Wite?
Gaming Hell Christmas Volume 2 – available everywhere:
The Thief Who Stole Christmas - Amanda McCabe
A man who has never broken the rules, and a woman who just might break his heart! But Christmas is always a time for second chances...
As one of Miss Greensley's Girls, a member of the exclusive club la Sous Rose, and famous author Lady L, Victoria Lanford moves easily through Society ballrooms. Few people know how her unhappy childhood and anxiety led her to pickpocketing (yet, she did return the jewels)! When she comes face-to-face with old flame Rhys Neville, Earl of Hammond, she knows the kind-hearted, straight-laced, devilishly handsome lord is not for her—especially once the past comes back to haunt them. Why, then, can't she stop thinking about their kisses?
The Kerse Who Saved Christmas - Kathy L Wheeler - (2022 Cupid Award recipient)
Kerse: He, of the no nonsense approach, is stymied by She, a woman considered long past prime marriageability who needs a keeper more than he requires a wife. Yet the dreamy-eyed, impractical, and much too optimistic Philomena still manages to steal his heart despite her unrealistic beliefs and trust in fortune tellers.
Don’t forget to pre order your copy of Gaming Hell Christmas Volume 3 – special price until December 5, 2023!
See what’s next for Lady Thomasina (Kathy L Wheeler) in
The Flipside of the Christmas Shilling.
And
Lady Elizabeth (Amanda McCabe – title yet to be determined)
In Gaming Hell Christmas Volume 3
Where mysteries abound in London’s snowbound town.
Still feeling a little bit like Christmas?
Read Regency Christmas Kisses— Available everywhere
Snowbound Christmas – Amanda McCabe
(A sequel to "The wallflower's Mistletoe Wedding")
Years ago, fate parted Helen Layton and Charles St. George. Now a wealthy widow and a famous artist, they are stuck together in a Christmas blizzard! Can old pain, and true love, bring them back together?
Lady Felicity’s Feud with Christmas – Kathy L Wheeler
(Part of the Rebel Lords of London series)
Christmas does not come easy for a young woman who has seen too much tragedy around the holidays. Lord Lexum is snared into obtaining Lady Felicity’s assistance for a Christmas event. Can he find a way to show Felicity Christmas also means hope?
A Partridge in a Pear Tree – Amanda Mc Cabe
A National Reader's Choice Award Finalist
Spend the holidays at a Regency England house party! Seeking an heir to her fortune, a widow challenges her family to a wild holiday scavenger hunt in the novella "A Partridge in a Pear Tree"--and two lost, lonely people find a lasting love and true family seeking the Twelve Days of Christmas...
Five Gold Rings – Kathy L Wheeler
(Part of the My True Love Gave to Me anthology from the Oklahoma Romance Writers.)
The noblest of England’s finest families vie for the honor to attend Pemberton’s Annual Christmas Ball—most especially those with daughters of a marriageable age. Something Bartholomew Dixon, Viscount Weston, in all accounts, typically avoids like the plague but for one idiotic wager. He’s acquired four of the five rings required to win…but what of the fifth?
Nine Ladies Dancing – Amanda McCabe
(the sequel to A Partridge in a Pear Tree!)
Spend Christmas in the magic of Regency England! The lovely, red-headed Gordon twins, studious Jane and vivacious Kitty, are excited to attend their first Kirkwood Christmas Ball at Swan Court—-and are filled with plans for the future. Kitty has dreams of marrying the Duke of Tremanton, while Jane thinks the handsome new vicar, Harry Phillips, might suit her. But Christmas has a magic of its own—and the universe has its own idea of romance! Will all end well, under the mistletoe?
Also, enjoy a song written specifically for Regency Christmas Kisses by Albert Wheeler.
Listen for free at SoundCloud