The Gift Of The Marquess

From the USA Today bestselling author of The Untouchables comes a Christmas Regency series! Don't miss these holiday classics retold with love, passion, and heart. The Marchioness of Darlington wants nothing more than a houseful of children, but after three years of marriage Poppy has given up hope. When she learns her husband doesn’t share her sense of loss, Poppy tries to soothe her aching heart by helping at a local institution for single women and mothers. But the arrival of an expectant mother only reignites her longing, driving the wedge between her and Gabriel deeper. After losing his mother and sister in childbirth, Gabriel, the Marquess of Darlington, is secretly glad his wife hasn’t been able to conceive. He can’t bear the thought of losing her, not even to achieve their dream of having a family. Desperate to prove his love, Gabriel makes a shocking proposition. It’s a risk, but if he can overcome Poppy’s fears and hesitation, he can give her what she wants most for Christmas.

From the USA Today bestselling author of The Untouchables and The Phoenix Club comes a Christmas Regency series! Don't miss these holiday classics retold with love, passion, and heart. The Red Hot Earl Once an untitled misfit, Ash, the Earl of Buckleigh has returned to town to help his oldest and dearest friend, Bianca, save the annual holiday party. Suddenly, Bianca sees a future she never imagined—with Ash. But when the bullies from his youth are up to their old tricks, everything they care about is threatened, and it will take a miracle—or a hero—to save the day. The Gift of the Marquess The Marchioness of Darlington wants nothing more than a child, but after three years of marriage, Poppy has given up hope. After losing his mother and sister in childbirth, her husband Gabriel is secretly glad she hasn’t been able to conceive, for he can’t bear the thought of losing her. Desperate to prove his love, he hatches a heartfelt plan to hopefully give her what she wants most for Christmas. Joy to the Duke Denied the woman of his dreams ten years ago by his father’s meddling, Calder, Duke of Hartwell, has decided to abolish the holiday traditions his father loved so well. Upon returning to town, widow Felicity Garland is astonished to see how much the young man she once loved has hardened. It’s up to her to break through the fortress around his heart—not just to save Christmas, but to save him

Your presence is requested at romantic Twill Castle for the wedding of Miss Clio Whitmore and . . . and . . . ? After eight years of waiting for Piers Brandon, the wandering Marquess of Granville, to set a wedding date, Clio Whitmore has had enough. She's inherited a castle, scraped together some pride, and made plans to break her engagement. Not if Rafe Brandon can help it. A ruthless prizefighter and notorious rake, Rafe is determined that Clio will marry his brother—even if he has to plan the dratted wedding himself. So how does a hardened fighter cure a reluctant bride's cold feet? He starts with flowers. Ladies can't have too many flowers. Or harps. Or cakes. He lets her know she'll make a beautiful, desirable bride— and tries not to picture her as his. He doesn't kiss her. If he kisses her, he definitely doesn't kiss her again. When all else fails, he puts her in a stunning gown and vows not to be nearby when the gown comes off. And no matter what—he doesn't fall in disastrous, hopeless love with the one woman he can never call his own.

DIVThe Marquess of Queensberry is as famous for his role in the downfall of one of our greatest literary geniuses as he was for helping establish the rules for modern-day boxing. The trial and two-year imprisonment of Oscar Wilde, lover of Queensberry’s son, Lord Alfred Douglas, remains one of literary history’s great tragedies. However, Linda Stratmann's riveting biography of the Marquess paints a far more complex picture by drawing on new sources and unpublished letters. Throughout his life, Queensberry was emotionally damaged by a series of tragedies, and the events of the Wilde affair—told for the first time from the Marquess’s perspective—were directly linked to Queensberry’s personal crises. Through the retelling of pivotal events from Queensberry’s life—the death of his brother on the Matterhorn and his fruitless search for the body; the suicides of his father, brother, and eldest son—the book reveals a well-meaning man often stricken with a grief he found hard to express, who deserves our compassion./div