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Can a ghostly matchmaker lead a reluctant couple to happiness? When a recently deceased scapegrace of a gentleman is desperate to earn himself a position in the afterlife as a Ghost of Christmas Present, he's forced to play matchmaker for two resistant people to prove his worth... As a young woman, Elizabeth Burkhart fell victim to an unscrupulous man. But as wicked as he was, her family was much worse. Abandoning her daughter, Lillian, to the less than tender mercies of the child's father was the only way to save her life. Now, years later, reunited with her child and trying to put the pieces back together, Elizabeth recognizes that something is missing. That, despite the wonder of her having her daughter with her again, her life isn't complete. Then a chance encounter with a handsome man gives her hope... until she finds out he has an unfortunate connection to her painful past. Oliver Weston, Marquess of Whittendon, is a second son of a second son who never expected to inherit a title. Raised in America, he doesn't fit into the new aristocratic world that he's been thrust into. The loneliness and emptiness of his existence is weighing on him... until the most miraculous thing happens. The most fascinating woman he's ever met walks into a gaming hell and turns his entire existence upside down. And, then, she vanishes. But with a little ghostly interference and a huge leap of faith, happiness might be just around the corner for both of them. (Note: This short story was first published as part of the Dragonblade 2020 holiday collection, O Night Divine.)
Author

USA Today Best Selling author and Winner of the 2019 Romance Through the Ages Award for Georgian/Regency Romance, Chasity Bowlin is the author multiple bestselling historical romance novels, both independently and with Dragonblade Publishing. She lives in central Kentucky with her husband and their menagerie of animals. She loves writing, loves traveling and enjoys incorporating tidbits of her actual vacations into her books. She is an avid Anglophile, loving all things British, but specifically all things Regency. Growing up in Tennessee, spending as much time as possible with her doting grandparents, soap operas were a part of her daily existence, followed by back to back episodes of Scooby Doo. Her path to becoming a romance novelist was set when, rather than simply have her Barbie dolls cruise around in a pink convertible, they time traveled, hosted lavish dinner parties and one even had an evil twin locked in the attic.