Sharon Sobel

Karen Frisch

Jo Ferguson

Three Regency misses are going to have a holiday they?ll never forget! Once again, Lady Priscilla and Lord Neville are drawn into a mysterious murder. Only this one must be solved by Twelfth Night! Sophy Templeton?s sprained ankle has kept her from her missionary work in America. And now a First Foot challenge has been issued for her hand in marriage! Miss Emma Partrick has been betrothed three times, and all three men came to disastrous ends. Can Nathaniel Evander break the bad luck spell?

A Regency Yuletide

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Jo Ann Ferguson

Virginia Brown

This Christmas, Miss Lily Jardine is getting something any girl would want - a betrothal offer. Too bad she's falling for her soon-to-be fiancé's brother instead . . . Merrily Mismatched by Virginia Brown Lady Lucia Crossclyffe can't resist the charms of Marquess of Rillington, a holiday visitor to her isolated island home. Little does she guess that he's come there to ruin her . . . The Snow Princess by Jo Ann Ferguson After years of being presumed dead, Major Jeremy Stanhope has come home from the war. His first order of business - to propose to Lady Rosalie Partington, the woman who's waited for him all these years. Only Rosalie is already betrothed . . . to the traitor who left him for dead! Christmas Truce by Karen Frisch Charles Hudson, the Earl of Westerly, has come to Windermere for Christmas with one intention - to offer for the woman whose letters have captivated him for the last year. But is the letter-writer the woman he thinks she is? Miss Montague's Mistletoe Match by Sharon Sobel Virginia Brown has written over 50 novels since her first romance came out in 1984. Many of her books have been nominated for Romantic Times' Reviewer's Choice, Career Achievement Award for Love and Laughter, Career Achievement Award for Adventure, EPIC eBook nomination for Historical Romance, and she received the RT Career Achievement Award for Historical Adventure, as well as the EPIC eBook Award for Mainstream Fiction. Her works have regularly appeared on national bestseller lists. She lives near her children in North Mississippi, surrounded by a menagerie of beloved dogs and cats while she writes. Jo Ann Ferguson has been creating characters and stories for as long as she can remember. She sold her first book in 1987. Since then, she has sold over 100 titles and has become a best-selling and award-winning author. She writes romance, mystery, and paranormal under a variety of pen names. Her books have been translated into nearly a dozen languages and are sold on every continent except Antarctica. You can reach her at her website: www.joannferguson.com or by email: jo@joannferguson.com. Karen Frisch writes Regency romances for ImaJinn Books. She is the winner of the 2007 Writer's Digest Popular Fiction Awards, Mystery/Crime Category. An amateur genealogist, she also has two nonfiction genealogy books in print on tracing family history and identifying old family photographs. While tracing her family history as a teenager, she discovered she is a cousin of Edgar Allan Poe (removed by six generations). A lifelong resident of New England where she lives with her husband, two daughters, and two dogs, she is also a portrait artist. Follow Karen on her website at KarenFrisch.weebly.com. Sharon Sobel is the author of eight historical and two contemporary romance novels, and served as Secretary and Chapter Liaison of Romance Writers of America. She has a PhD in English Language and Literature from Brandeis University and is an English professor at a Connecticut college, where she co-chaired the Connecticut Writers' Conference for five years. An eighteenth century New England farmhouse, where Sharon and her husband raised their three children, has provided inspiration for either the period or the setting for all of her books.

Mistletoe & Mayhem

A baby changes everything...especially at Christmas! War-weary Baron Paxton is on his way home to celebrate a peaceful holiday with his family. But when he finds an abandoned baby in his carriage--with a note telling him the child is his--there's no peace to be had in Child of Mine? by Virginia Brown Ladies' maid Adelaide Rowland finds herself on a Yuletide adventure, fleeing her home with her mistress's child, in What Child Is This by Jo Ann Ferguson. But what happens when her mistress doesn't meet her, as arranged? And a very curious--and handsome--gentleman takes a personal interest in her and the little girl? In Through the Eyes of a Child by Karen Frisch, Annabelle Sedgewick's hope of having a family of her own disappeared when her husband was killed in battle. But while en route to her cousin's home for Christmas, she gets a Christmas proposal--from her battle-scarred first love...and the baby boy he's just inherited! In Baby's First Christmas, by Sharon Sobel, newly widowed Marianne Westlyme expects her young son's first Christmas to be a somber affair...until her best friend arrives to brighten things up--her bookish, but irresistible, brother in tow. Little does Marianne guess she'll want to give her son a new father for Christmas!

When a Child Is Born

Three Regency misses are going to have a holiday they'll never forget! Lord of Misrule by Jo Ann Ferguson The adventurous Lady Priscilla and Lord Neville once again find themselves drawn into a mysterious murder. Only this one must be solved by Twelfth Night . . . or else! A Delicate Footing by Karen Frisch Sophy Templeton thought it was bad enough that a sprained ankle has endangered her chance to return to her missionary work in America. But now a First Foot challenge has been issued for her hand in marriage! Will the right man be the first one to cross the threshold on New Year's Day? On the Twelfth Day of Christmas, My True Love by Sharon Sobel In the past, three men have become betrothed to Miss Emma Partrick, and all three came to disastrous ends. Can Nathaniel Evander break the bad luck spell that seems to haunt Emma? Or will he become the next casualty?

Signet Regency Romance presents a beloved tale that explores the lessons of love from Sharon Sobel. Available Digitally For the First Time Emily Clarkson has a new teaching position far from the civilized London life she knows. Quick-witted and confident, Emily is up for the challenge, but she never expects the real test will be her employer—prosperous mill owner Daniel Lennox. She’s expecting a country gentleman, not the brawny, outspoken fellow who greets her in a bloodstained shirt. He’s anticipating an old maid, not an impertinent snobbish girl. They are at each other’s throats from day one—and seem bound to end up in each other’s arms. But when a mysterious feud sets Daniel against an elderly duke, and the duke’s new wife—Daniel’s first love—is back in the picture, the teacher must become the student, if she is to save the man she has so recently grown to need… Don’t miss Sharon Sobel’s classic Regency Romance, Lady Larkspur Declines.

Signet Regency Romance (InterMix)

Miss Clarkson's Classmate

Signet Regency Romance presents a classic tale of romantic deception from Sharon Sobel—available digitally for the first time. Desperate to avoid a loveless arranged marriage—to a man thrice her age—headstrong Lady Larkspur pretends she is ill—making her unsuitable to become a wife. But her swoons and fevers don’t fool Benedict Queensman, the physician who is charged with her care. Though he immediately sees Lark’s “decline” as artifice, he whisks her off to Brighton in hopes that the sea air can revive her. Yet Ben discovers that the last thing he wants is to cure the woman who has won his heart—just to lose her to another…Don’t miss Sharon Sobel’s beloved Regency classic Miss Clarkson’s Classmate in April 2012.

Lady Larkspur Declines

Signet Regency Romance presents a touching tale of the healing power of love from Sharon Sobel. What’s a lady with nothing to do to do? Bored with masquerades and endless dinners, the beautiful widow, Lady Claire of Glastonbury takes up the more meaningful task of launching a young blind woman named Camille into London society. But her mission is distracted by the arrival of Camille's dark and handsome older bother, Maxwell, the Marquis Wentworth. Physically and emotionally scarred from a fire that burnt down his family’s estate years ago, Maxwell is vehemently opposed to Claire’s plan. Though his gruff arrogance makes Claire question his status as a true gentleman, she can’t deny the passion he stirs within her. Soon Claire finds herself searching among the events of Max’s past, unraveling a mystery that had placed unnecessary blame on his person. Can she inspire Maxwell to discover his own truths and choose a bright future filled with love? Includes a preview of Lady Larkspur Declines.

The Eyes of Lady Claire

Three generations, three holiday miracles...one Christmas cameo--the ultimate gift of love. Holy Hill, the splendid estate of the Earls of Arlington, is known throughout the countryside for its lavish holiday celebrations...and setting the stage for unlikely lovers to find their own Christmas miracle. Linking them all together is that first gift of a delicate cameo... Lady Rose Arlington isn't happy that her father is arranging a marriage for her to a virtual stranger. Especially since it isn't her intended, Lord Gilderson, who steals her heart, but his younger, artistic cousin, Maxwell Roxbury. Years later, Lady Rose's niece Lysandra finds herself alone for the holidays, awaiting the arrival of Stewart Roxbury, the new heir to Holy Hill. She's lost everything--her family and now, her home. Little does she guess she'll soon find love. Joseph Roxbury, Lord Gilderson, has come to Holy Hill, desperate to convince artist Maxwell James to illustrate his new book. But when he discovers that Maxwell is actually Lysandra and Stewart's daughter, Rosetta, he needs her for totally different reasons... Three generations, three holiday miracles...one Christmas cameo--the ultimate gift of love. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Sharon Sobel is the author of eight historical and two contemporary romance novels, and served as Secretary and Chapter Liaison of Romance Writers of America. She has a PhD in English Language and Literature from Brandeis University and is an English professor at a Connecticut college, where she co-chaired the Connecticut Writers' Conference for five years. An eighteenth-century New England farmhouse, where Sharon and her husband raised their three children, has provided inspiration for either the period or the setting for all of her books.

An Historical Christmas Collection

The Christmas Cameo

Will their secrets be the death of them? Even her family's ball cannot distract Lady Cassandra Eastham from the very serious business of her life-- secretly translating highly confidential documents for agencies of the British and Portuguese governments. When an important message arrives on the night of the ball, Cassandra, eager to read it, escapes to the seclusion of a dark corner. There she is interrupted by Weston Barrington, the Earl of Armadale and a hero in the Peninsula War. Although Lord Barrington appears eager to resume the life of an English gentleman, Cassandra instinctively distrusts him and refuses to be seduced by his dashing looks. Lord Armadale--West to his friends--believes there is a spy in the Eastman household, but is drawn to Lady Cassandra despite his determination to remain a bachelor. When a brutally injured young woman arrives at Eastham House and dies in the marble foyer, the incident unites him and Cassandra in a dangerous partnership. The dead woman cannot be an accidental target for murder. Despite being dressed in rags, she looks enough like Lady Cassandra to be her twin sister. And Cassandra might be the murderer's next victim. As Cassandra and West work together to uncover the woman's identity, West comes to realize his responses to his beautiful partner have more to do with desire than detection and deceit. Will he unravel the mystery before he loses the lady with whom he is quickly falling in love? Sharon Sobel is the author of ten historical and two contemporary romance novels, and served as Secretary and Chapter Liaison of Romance Writers of America. Her short story, The Jilt, has been selected for inclusion in the second RWA anthology of romance fiction. She has a PhD in English Language and Literature from Brandeis University and is an English professor at a Connecticut college, where she co-chaired the Connecticut Writers' Conference for five years. An eighteenth century New England farmhouse, where Sharon and her husband raised their three children, has provided inspiration for either the period or the setting for all of her books.

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