Lady Ann Hardwicke has been raised to always toe the mark and do her duty by her family. Never thinking that one day her father would ask her to do something she could never commit to. Faced with a marriage to a man who has an unsavoury reputation amongst the ton, she takes drastic measures to chart her own destiny. With her mother’s support, she runs to the only man who can help her avoid marriage to a man who only wants to possess her. Clarence Deville, the Earl of Evesham, has loved only one woman. Despite their age difference, his heart belongs to her. When Lady Ann comes to help begging for his protection, he almost thinks it’s too good to be true. Pledging to protect her, he plans to make her his countess. Their road to happiness seems to be assured, but the man her father wanted her to marry, Sir Wilfrid Culpepper, has other ideas. Clarence and Ann away to his Country Estate, Evesham Hall, where Clarence plans to have a Cotswold Christmas with his new bride—his Christmas Angel.