"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 ....

A virtuous lady, a dashing soldier, and wicked weather... (Please Note - This novel contains graphic love scenes.) Christmas, 1814, on the road from Rockleford... Miss Eleanor Pritchard, long-time companion to an aging noblewoman, learns too late that a Christmas invitation does not include her. But with deadly weather looming, a lonely holiday is the least of her concerns. Home from war, Major Hugh Dalton plans to spend Christmas with his mother, but an ice storm forces him to seek shelter in the ruins of an abbey-a delay with the potential to change two lives.