Harlequin Historical - December 2024 - Box Set 1 of 2

Book excerpt: Harlequin® Historical brings you a captivating trio of new Regency and Victorian romances in one collection! This boxset includes: REGENCY CHRISTMAS WEDDINGS by Christine Merrill, Liz Tyner and Elizabeth Beacon (Regency) In A Mistletoe Kiss for the Governess by Christine Merrill, Major Frederick is stunned when his daughters' governess is not the stern matron he expects, but a beguiling miss who challenges and tempts him! In The Earl's Yuletide Proposal by Liz Tyner, delivering the news that her cousin is calling off her engagement should be simple for Adriana. Until the Earl proposes to her instead! And, in Lord Grange's Snowy Reunion by Elizabeth Beacon, years ago Juno fell in love with Lord Nathaniel Grange, then war tore them apart. Will a snowbound night lead to a second chance? THEIR CONVENIENT CHRISTMAS BETROTHAL A Matchmakers of Bath story by Amanda McCabe (Regency) Mary St. Aubin is a stellar matchmaker, but society has decided that, as a spinster, Mary can no longer be trusted with their matches! After watching her parents' cold marriage, she refuses to wed for anything but love. Then at a Christmas house party she encounters dangerously attractive Scottish laird Charles. He needs Mary's help saving his ward from a reputation-ruining liaison with a rake. But when Charles's own rakish past starts to get in the way, is there another match that must happen first...between Mary and Charles? THE LADY'S SNOWBOUND SCANDAL by Paulia Belgado (Victorian) American industrialist Elliot has a plan to ensure his sisters will marry well—find a London society wife to elevate the family name! What's not part of his plan is falling for the shy spinster who has no intention of marrying at all... Lady Georgina believes Elliot to be a heartless scrooge! Still, she needs his help to save her beloved orphange in time for Christmas. So, in exchange, she offers to help him find a respectable wife. But when they're scandalously snowed in at a coaching inn, their simmering attraction has no place to hide...