The Countess of Marsden invites you to her house party! Seven nights and days of frolic, gossip, dancing…and match-making for her three nieces. Sad, isn’t it, that none of the Craymore sisters wishes to wed? Exciting, isn’t it, that three war heroes arrive who know precisely what they want for Christmas? Wonderful, isn’t it, that each might gain the most precious Christmas gift of all? A lady bets her future. Miss Marjorie Craymore wants to surprise her two sisters with a wonderful gift this Christmas. A house. A home! One they can call their own. After their father gambled away their dowries and drank away the family reputation, the three young women have lived with their Aunt Gertrude. While that lady’s generosity is most kind, her charity chafes their pride. This Christmas at their aunt’s house party, Marjorie plans to employ the one talent she learned well from her notorious papa. She’ll gamble at cards and dice against every wealthy guest—and win. But she encounters one big problem. The man she’s craved all her life appears on Aunt’s threshold and challenges her. Tested by combat, he’s bolder. Dashing. A distraction. And suddenly too charming to resist. A gentleman weighs the odds. Griffith Harlinger, the war-weary fourth earl of Marsden, returns home from his duties in Paris with the Duke of Wellington to celebrate the joys of the Season. At urgent request of his step-mama, he must stop her niece Marjorie from creating a scandal by fleecing her house guests! Griff’s thrilled to engage the one woman who’s tormented him and beguiled him all his life. So he makes Marjorie a bet she can’t refuse: he’ll play her for enough money to buy the house she wants. But can he let her win if he loves her too much to let her go? And who really wins when both want what’s best for those they love? If you love swoon-worthy historical romance, starring endearing heroes, sassy heroines and a house full of rogues and cardsharps, this book is for you! Buy THE EARL’s WAGERED BRIDE to attend this Christmas house party!

The Countess of Marsden invites you to her house party! Seven nights and days of frolic, gossip, dancing…and matchmaking for her three nieces. Sad, isn’t it, that none of the Craymore sisters wishes to wed? Exciting, isn’t it, that three war heroes arrive who know precisely what they want for Christmas? Wonderful, isn’t it, that each might gain the most precious Christmas gift of all? She’s through with love. Miss Delphine Craymore fell in love once, and she'll never fall again. Actually, she likes men, talking with them, dancing with them—and dreaming of what might have been. Most think she’s a flirt. Del’s merely intent on allowing herself a few happy minutes to substitute for the one lover she cannot forget. At her Aunt Gertrude’s Christmas house party this year, the one man she does not wish to charm walks in and declares he’s ready to make amends. He’s wounded, charming and intent on wooing her. But can she trust him? And if she falls for him again, and he asks her to marry him, can she desert her two sisters who have been her stalwart companions through countless tragedies? He’ll never want any other woman. Neville Vaughn, Viscount Bromley, asks his friend the Earl of Marsden if he might accompany him to his step-mama’s house party in Brighton. It’s Christmas, and Neville’s probably intruding, but he’s in a rush to change every aspect of his life. Years ago at another house party, he fell in love at first sight with delightful Del Craymore. He asked her to marry him—and then had to abandon her. Now, he’s free of the shackles that bound him to a woman he did not love. And before he returns to France to a marvelous future with prestige and wealth beyond his dreams, he must convince Del to forgive him. But she’s changed. Can he not prove he’s a better man? And can the two of them make a stable future from the ashes of their past mistakes?

(Previously published in the anthology [Nine Lords for Christmas](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/42395462.NineLordsforChristmas " Nine Lords for Christmas") .) The Countess of Marsden invites you to her house party! Seven nights of frolic, gossip, dancing and match-making for her three nieces. Sad, isn’t it, that none of the Craymore sisters wishes to wed? Exciting, isn’t it, that three war heroes arrive who know precisely what they want for Christmas? Wonderful, isn’t it, that each might gain the most precious Christmas gift of all? She’ll never wed, so she catches crooks, instead! Belinda Craymore, shamed by her father’s gambling, believes herself unworthy of marrying the one man she’s always loved. While he is off to war, she seeks to improve her family’s reputation and earn a reward for it by catching smugglers! For her sleuthing, she can earn hundreds of pounds…if and when officials catch the culprits. She certainly hopes they do soon…before those crooks come after her! Missing in action at Waterloo, Captain Alastair Demerest returns home and wants only two gifts this Christmas. Peace. And the love of his life. Wounded in battle, Alastair suffers loss of his memory...except for the name of the young woman he adores. After months of recovering many of his faculties, he returns home to claim the one woman whom he knows waits for him. She’s bold and stubborn, but he has no wish to tame her. Only marry her. Yet she refuses! Can he help her regain her pride? Or will she condemn them both to live a life without each other? If you love swoon-worthy historical romance, starring endearing heroes, sassy heroines and a house full of rogues and cardsharps, this book is for you! Buy THE DUKE’S IMPETUOUS DARLING to attend this Christmas Belles house party!

The Marquess of Tain has always followed every social rule. Obeyed his father. Remained faithful to his two departed wives. Been a devoted father. An expert steward of his lands and investments. But this Christmas, he’ll throw convention to the wind. He’ll seize the chance of his lifetime—and invite himself to a house party where he will woo and wed the only woman he has ever loved. No matter the cost. Lady Penelope Goddard has always followed every social convention. Married her first husband, because her father ordered it. Married her second—and her third—because they were…well…charming. And she had no skills to make a living for herself. This Christmas, when she attends her cousin’s house party, she is shocked to find her long lost love there. He’s seductive, intent on kissing her senseless. She chuckles when they’re discovered in the ladies’ retiring room, and the library, and the stairwell. But will she marry him? When she knows she can never give him the one gift which she never was capable of giving her three husbands. And which she cannot give him. If you love swoon-worthy historical romance, starring endearing heroes, sassy heroines and a house full of rogues and cardsharps, this book is for you! Buy THE MARQUESS'S FINAL FLING to attend this Christmas Belles house party! Heat level: Spicy!

She's far above his touch...but has always remained in his heart. Lady Eliza Kent, the only child of the Earl of Leith, is a wild beauty. Since birth, she's broken nearly every rule. Catching frogs on the banks of the Thames. Riding bareback. Memorizing Shakespeare. Adoring the vicar's youngest son. Octavian Simms never conformed to his father's rigid expectations. He loved wrestling, marksmanship, mathematics, French...and the local earl's hellion daughter. During the wars, he put his talents to best use and disappeared into France to help his country defeat the tyrant Napoleon. Home now that Napoleon lives in exile in St. Helena and weary of fighting, Octo ponders how to live the rest of his life. Then Eliza appears at his employer's house party and challenges him to change his life completely. Can he seize the dream he'd lost amid the turmoil of war? Or will he lose the one woman whose love he's always craved?

When The Countess of Marsden throws a house party, she expects to marry off her family and friends. Never herself. Not at her age! At the Countess of Marsden’s house party, she plans to marry off her family and friends. But when the Duke of Harlow strides into her bedroom on Christmas Eve, Gertrude’s ready to continue the charming affair they began last summer. Even though she’s a lady of a certain age. Even though she’s never loved any man other then her dear departed husband! Harlow’s enchanted by Gertrude. He’s done with mourning—and he’s ready to laugh again! But he wants more than a few nights with her. When he tells her, what will she say? Can she love him? At his age? Imperfect as he is? Loving her as he does?