It's Christmas 1817 and the Duke of Danby is matchmaking again! Spend the holidays in Yorkshire with freshly fallen snow, Yuletide balls and mistletoe kisses. The Duke's Mistletoe Madness includes: JERRICA KNIGHT-CATANIA's LORD HALESWORTH'S HAPPY HOLIDAY Miss Leah Whitton is feeling quite morose as the holidays approach this year. Her sister has flown the coop, now happily wed, and the man Leah’s been pining for since she was a young girl doesn’t even know she’s alive. Not that it would matter. Her mother and sister have always made it quite clear that Leah is lacking in manners and etiquette. Still, if Christmas wishes really did come true, Lord Halesworth is who she would wish for. \* Jonathan Yeardley, Earl of Halesworth, may have a wealth of charm and good looks, but he hasn’t a penny to his name. With his estate in shambles, he isn’t quite certain what he’s going to do. But a mysterious invitation to the Duke of Danby’s Yule Ball has him wondering if perhaps his Christmas might be merry after all. ROSE GORDON's I'LL BE YOURS FOR CHRISTMAS Elizabeth, Dowager Countess of Townson has found herself in the wrong place at the wrong time. (Or so she thinks!)\ Thomas Daltry, has found himself at the right place at the right time. (Only he doesn’t know it!) \ The only thing this pair thinks they know is: all gentlemen, save Elizabeth’s son and brother are depraved; and all ladies are contemptuous. \* Perhaps all that that needed is one chance encounter, sending two jaded people to spend three days with Danby will result in their own happily forever more? AILEEN FISH's NO MISTLETOE REQUIRED Still reeling from her major disappointment of the past Season in London, Lady Barbara Graves panics when she receives her summons to spend Christmas with her notorious matchmaking great-uncle The Duke of Danby. She’d expected Lord Aaron Harlow to propose to her before the end of the season, but he went off to India without a word. Having asked her brother to write Lord Aaron, she’s certain he’ll arrive in time to save her from marrying whatever dupe her uncle has chosen for her. \ Theo Jardine is an investing genius whom Danby admires, although he’s the youngest grandson of an earl and never likely to inherit. He accepts the duke’s invitation to visit Danby Castle but plans to spend the holidays with his own family. When he realizes there’s matchmaking going on—and he’s a target—he tries to leave, but Danby dangles a carrot in front of him: an offer to front the entire scheme. \ Theo isn’t Aaron, but Barbara’s attraction grows the more time she spends with him at the castle. Then she discovers her uncle is bribing Theo to marry her. Will she ever find true love with a man who loves her in return?

It's Christmas 1817 and the Duke of Danby is matchmaking again! Spend the holidays in Yorkshire with freshly fallen snow, Yuletide balls and mistletoe kisses. The Duke's Christmas Conundrum includes: JANE CHARLES's A VERY MERRY VISCOUNT The thought of spending Christmas at Danby Castle with her matchmaking great-uncle filled Lady Tabitha Storm’s heart with dread. She would love a match, of course, but only with the handsome horseman she’d spied in Hyde Park throughout the last season. Unfortunately, she doesn’t even know the gentleman’s name. Andrew Delaney, Viscount Straffan was determined to eat, drink and be merry surrounded by family and friends in Ireland, but when The Duke of Danby dangled the one thing he coveted above all others, he had no choice but to travel to Yorkshire for Christmas. Before Danby will agree to the deal, he required one final task. Thankfully, it involved the beauty he’d spied strolling in Hyde Park. Would Andrew gain more this holiday than he ever dreamed, or would his Irish heritage stand in his way? AMANDA MARIEL's ONE WICKED CHRISTMAS Cristiana, Lady Kendal only wanted to feel alive when she welcomed Adam Brighton into her bed. Now she has a daughter she never plans for him to discover. That is until the Duke of Danby summons Adam to Yorkshire for the holiday, and he appears on her doorstep. Now she must choose between her desire for him and her determination to protect her child from the rogue who'd never claim her. LILY GEORGE's A CHRISTMAS BETROTHAL An arranged engagement could become a marriage in truth at the annual Danby Christmas Party. After weathering a dismal Season, Lady Frances Carew is astonished at the upheaval in her life. Now that both of her elder brothers have married within a year, and her sister about to be engaged, Frances is eager to find some anchor. But her formidable great-uncle, the Duke of Danby, may already be plotting with her grandmother, the dowager Marchioness of Westchester, to marry her off to the first respectable gentleman they can find. Frances’s only hope of controlling her own life is to arrange her own marriage before Christmas. David Merritt, Earl of Lindsay, a widower with a precocious young daughter, is being badgered into matrimony by his sister. While he wants to provide his daughter with a mother, he also wants to wrest control of his life back from his sister and choose his own bride. What better wife could he choose than quiet, practical Lady Frances Carew, his best friend’s younger sister? But the security of an arranged engagement falls apart when His Grace objects to the match. Frances and David have only a few magical days at the Danby Christmas gathering to prove to His Grace that their arranged courtship is no falsehood. In fact, His Grace’s blessing must unite a family through marriage.