No scrooges allowed! Cozy up this holiday season with three festive tales that take you to a Victorian England filled with the gifts that really matter.In "A Father for Christmas" by Carla Kelly, widow Lissy and her young son give refuge to a handsome stranger for Christmas . . . In "A Kiss Under the Mistletoe" by Carol Arens, with her reputation in tatters, Louisa lets out her manor house to captivating Hugh and his motherless little girl . . . And in "The Earl's U...

A notorious rakeMeets a spirited spinster…At a weekend shooting party, where the guests are as determined to bag a marriage partner as they are a pheasant, two attendees are under siege. The Duke of Kingsford from a clutch of desperate debutantes, and Charlotte FitzRoy from her matchmaking mother! A pretend courtship between them should keep the others at bay, but an unexpected, impassioned kiss may just bring about the marriage they both sought to avoid...

Sparks fly in this Victorian enemies-to-lovers romanceHer rival in business…Her suitor in Society!When debutante Lady Amelia Lambourne is presented to self-made entrepreneur Leo Devenish at a Society dinner, he has no idea she has a scandalous secret: she runs a magazine for women! He might be charismatic and handsome, but she knows he’s keen to take over her magazine. So she permits him to court her—but only to ke...

A grumpy/sunshine, forced proximity Victorian romance.Her match…Is his mission!Primrose Fairburn is a lady of independent means—she doesn’t have to settle for a dull husband. And she can adopt all the stray animals she likes! Only, when her geese escape into the next-door garden, she runs into her very cross—and very handsome—new neighbour, Viscount Westhaven…Lucian finds wallflower Primrose extremely frustrating—her infernal menage...

In this charming Victorian romance, a false identity could lead to true love for an American orphan engaged to an English gentleman.Penniless American Rosie Smith will do anything for her wealthy guardian's daughter. She'd even save her friend from a marriage of convenience with a stuffy Englishman by trading places with her! Posing as the heiress, Rosie's plan to put off the duke backfires spectacularly: beneath his stiff formality is a hardworking and amusing man....

A wallflowerAnd an elegant gentleman…Gauche Hazel Springfeld is reconciled to being left on the shelf. At a society ball, she is improbably asked to dance by charismatic Mr. Lucas Darkwood. When she discovers it was all for a wager—he’ll win a prize if he can turn her into marriage material—Hazel plans to get her own back! She’ll frighten Lucas into thinking she really does expect that proposal—from him!Fro...

A marriage of convenience…and unexpected desiresIf Oliver Huntsbury, Duke of Somerfeld, hadn’t burst into Arabella van Haven’s backstage dressing room, her father would not have been able to blackmail them into marriage. His wealth has finally secured her a titled husband! Arabella is determined to be a wife in name only, their marriage unconsummated. But once they’re alone together, she knows this experienced, seductive, charming man could undermi...

The start of a lively new spicy Victorian trilogy, Wayward Wallflowers, from Eva ShepherdSnowed inWith the new Earl…After a disastrous Season, Alice has given up on marriage for herself, but not for her friends. This Christmas, she’ll matchmake her friend with a neighboring Earl. Only, when Alice calls upon him, she finds James a changed man—scarred, brooding, grumpy! And now she’s snowed in with him…James Marlowe, the new Earl of Thornwood, has returned to ...

All bets are off in this lively Victorian romance full of spice and wit!May the best gentleman win…A debutante?Wealthy rail baron Thomas Hayward needs a duke’s land to expand his empire, but the oaf insists on a ridiculous wager: they’ll both woo debutante Miss Grace Lowerby, and if she chooses the duke—which she surely will—Thomas gets the land at a cheaper price. He can’t lose…To save her family, Grace must marry the duke. And yet in dashi...

Enjoy this fun, flirty Victorian romp from Eva Shepherd…A jaded rakeAnd an innocent debutante…Seeing Miss Sophia Cooper being rebuffed by a reprobate duke, Lord Ethan Rosemont does the gentlemanly thing and dances with her himself. He discovers she’s no damsel in distress but an intelligent woman who’s had enough of the marriage mart. It would be all too easy to give in to the desire fizzing between them—but only if this ra...

Separated by class***Brought together by passionHaving finally fulfilled her dream of opening a hairdressing parlor, Nellie Regan has no interest in love ruining her plans. After Nellie is caught mocking landowner Dominic Lockhart’s lifeless engagement to Lady Cecily, she’s not expecting him to defend her in a tavern brawl. Now the frustratingly handsome gentleman must recuperate in her home! Close quarters stir simmering attraction…but Nellie’s determined to follo...

A friends to lovers, marriage of convenience Victorian romance.A wager…to win her hand!Lady Matilda hosts a gaming house, much to the disapproval of the parish council, who want to shut her down for running it as a single widow. Unexpected rescue comes from Australian rogue Ben Smith—the stranger she discovers naked and asleep in an upstairs bedroom!Ben is outraged for lovely Matilda—Society’s judgment is the reason he moved Down Un...