A masquerade. A stolen kiss. A chance at love. At a glittering masquerade, Lady Georgiana Langford slips away from the crush of the ballroom and wanders into the rose garden. There, beneath the moonlight, she meets a masked gentleman whose laughter and tenderness draw her in as no one ever has. For the first time, she believes love is within her grasp. One stolen kiss convinces her heart she has found something rare—and so she agrees to meet him at the top of the stairs where they will both remove their masks and reveal their names. But when the appointed hour arrives, he is nowhere to be found. Bradford Fernley, The Earl of Grafton, longs for more than duty and arrangement—he longs for love. In the garden, he believes he has found it at last in the lady who called herself Lady Strawberry. Yet fate intervenes, pulling him away before he can learn her identity. Now, with only the memory of her smile and the echo of her kiss, he can love found in a single night ever be discovered again? The Earl and the Moonlit Kiss is a prequel novella to the Fernley Family series. It is a standalone Georgian-era romance that will sweep you away to a world of elegance and intrigue.