Believing she's killed a suitor, Lady Cassandra Spathe flees England. She signs the Articles of Indenture for free passage to America, confident a friend in Boston will pay her fee. Her ship lands in Virginia, however, and she's sold as an indentured servant. A tag around her neck proclaims her to be Cassy Spade, seamstress. Her buyer, Jason Anders, is a former transported convict who was himself indentured. Since his release, Jason has become a wealthy ironmaster and now aspires to become a gentleman. He purchases Cassy's indenture as much for the polish he thinks she can give him as her...

"This delightful quartet of stories has everything on your wish list-passion, emotion, laughter, and love. Do not wait 'til Christmas to open " - Anne Barton, author of Scandalous Summer Nights "A Light in Winter or The Wicked Will" - Debt-ridden Connor Grayson inherits his uncle's title and ruined estate. But in order to receive his uncle's money, the new Viscount Roxbury must marry an ancient crone-a fate he considers... until he meets her companion. "The Lord of Misrule" - Everyone expects the Earl of Morrell to propose to Alice Caruthers during the Christmas holidays. Finally But when...

Let the Revels begin-again Four new stories with four distinctive voices: The Vicar's Christmas - Margaret Trent never needs anything or anyone, but when two London solicitors show up on her doorstep, she needs a hero. Enter Henry Ogden, mild-mannered village vicar. Hardly the stuff of heroes . . . until adversity brings out unexpected talents. A Christmas Equation - A chance meeting between a reluctant viscount and a self-effacing companion revives memories of their shared past-a time when they were very different people. With secrets to keep, Sarah Clendenin wishes Benjamin Radcliff gone ....

Magic is disappearing from Fallucia and Rennic. Each country blames the other and hoards what power remains. Magical Talent is prized above all else. In Fallucia, magic is concentrated in the families of the Lords of High Places, but Lady Anlin hasn't the least glimmer of ability. What she does have is a will of steel, forged in despair and tempered by years of slavery in Rennic. She also has a plan to rescue the son taken from her while she was enslaved. She needs but one thing-a champion. Sir Faulk is a landless knight whose life has stripped him of all illusions. But he still harbors two...