When the war-scarred Viscount Penrydd washes up in 1799 Newport minus his memory, Gwenllian ap Ewyas decides not to tell him he owns, and threatened to sell, the property she’s made a refuge for her and other lost souls.

3 full-length, small-town Christmas romances that will fill your heart with the warmth, joy, and magic of the holidays!

THE BRANDS WHO CAME FOR CHRISTMAS

A MOMMY FOR CHRISTMAS

SWEET VIDALIA BRAND

Being nice is safe, and being naughty is overrated, but getting McScroogy to find the joy in Christmas is beginning to sound oh so merry.

Samantha Darling, Boston advertising executive, has spent her life making a list and checking it twice, but after her ex-fiancé left her at the altar, she's through being nice. One too many All Powerful Peppermintinis convinces Samantha to give naughty a try. She breaks into the shop in Redemption Massachusetts and puts her spin on the front window Christmas display. Only, the window doesn't belong to Stowe's Boutiques, it belongs to Snow's Antiques, and Nathan Snow is none too pleased. While he doesn’t like Christmas, he knows winning this contest will bring in business, so he makes her a deal. Create a winning display by Christmas Eve or go to jail.

Maddie doesn’t have dreams. She has plans.

Finally, after weeks of hard work, the painting she’s going to present to the Royal Women’s Academy of Art is finished. The next step? She’ll get a fellowship to study at the academy, become one of the few female artists in the British Empire, and live happily ever after.

Her mother abhors the idea of her daughter being an artist—how vulgar! But the fellowship will grant six thousand pounds per year to Maddie.

When eccentric Lord Hector ruins her precious painting and injures her hand—by accident, of course—she’s furious at first, distraught later. She lost the opportunity to receive the fellowship and maybe ever paint again because of Hector’s clumsiness.

Christopher Egan, heir to the notorious Prestwick Earldom, is one of London’s most scandalous rakes. He’s never credited the gossips’ claim that fate cast an ancient curse on every successive Earl of Prestwick as punishment for their wickedness, but once he inherits the earldom after his infamous uncle’s untimely demise, it looks as if he may be the next to lose his head. Determined to cheat the curse and avoid his ancestors’ grisly fate, Kit abandons his life of merry debauchery and embarks on a London season to wed the lady he’s long been promised to.

A photograph taken of the daughter of one of London’s most prominent citizens in a private setting sets Brodie and Mikaela off on a new inquiry case to find out who took the photograph and then sent it to the family.

The case begins simply enough until the young woman goes missing. Then, the family receives another photograph of their daughter who is obviously quite dead and that simple inquiry case has now become an investigation of murder.

A cottage in a secret garden is where two strangers discover the true meaning of Christmas.

With dark memories of a past Christmas taunting him, Lord Percival Hamilton wants nothing to do with silly kissing boughs or any manner of festive celebrations at his brother's castle. Deciding to stay away until Twelfth Night passes, he heads to an abandoned cottage in a secret garden in the woods, wanting to escape this burdensome time of year. When he arrives, he discovers he is not alone.

Penny Barclay thought she could trust those closest to her. Her mother had been a paragon of virtue, a woman of sense and ingenuity in Penny’s eyes. Lou had been Penny’s friend, her confidante, her mentor. But both of them had kept dangerous secrets. Now, Penny finds herself trapped in the capital with the evidence Prince Aiden, Lord of the Underworld, needs.

Treachery rots the Kingdom of Thornwilde from within. A teenage girl may hold the key to its salvation.

Harlow grew up without magic, banned in the kingdom when she was only a child. Spoken of in hushed whispers by her sister, Nova, she knows it exists and knows having it is a death sentence.

When Nova abandons her and her foster parents die of fever, Harlow finds a strange stone and a brief note directing her to find work in the castle. When she arrives, Harlow is thrust into a world of glittering court politics and ruthless machinations.

The Legend... Long ago there lived a group of women known as the Daughters of the Earth, revered for their wisdom and knowledge, skilled in healing and white magic. But as time passed, they came to be known by a far more sinister term . . . witches.

Ariane Cheney, the Lady of Faire Isle is famed for her mystical skills and keeping her island secure from danger. A difficult task during a time of strife when Catherine de Medici is known and feared by other Daughters of the Earth as the Dark Queen. One night a wounded stranger arrives on Faire Isle and whispers to Ariane a secret that the Dark Queen would kill to possess.

The Daughters of the Earth saga that began with Susan Carroll’s The Dark Queen continues in the riveting sequel, The Courtesan.

Gabrielle Cheney has abandoned her sisters and the healing magic of Faire Isle for Paris. The beautiful young woman flirts with danger and intrigue in the glittering French court as she pursues power, dabbling in the black arts her family abhors. Gabrielle’s ruthless ambition conceals a heart wounded by a painful secret and haunted by the death of the brave warrior who once loved her.

Her first love became her most dreaded enemy...

The youngest of three Cheney sisters, Miri is renowned for her mystical abilities and calming aura. But her serenity has been shattered by the betrayal of the man she loved. As a girl, Miri was enchanted with young Simon Aristide. But time and events altered the handsome, gentle boy she knew, transforming him into France’s most notorious witch-hunter.