Every year I feel like the Christmas seasons gets earlier and earlier! Every time I go into Hobby Lobby, even in August, I always see all the Christmas decor and think ‘OMG is it really time for Christmas?!’. While I might not be ready for Christmas in August or even September, I am usually read for it in mid October! October is when I start my holiday reading and carry it through into the full holiday season!
When this book came across my desk over the summer, I was super excited to get it on my mid fall holiday reading schedule! It has all the things I love in it……Christmas, history, and of ourselves a touch of romance! I am a HUGE Edwardian era fan so seeing that in the description just sealed the deal for me! This book looks like just the thing I need to get into the holiday spirit! It’s a novella, so a little on the short side, but that also means a quick one sitting read!
If you are a fan of historical romance that are more sweet than sexy, then you aren’t going to want to miss this one! I love the title and the cover is fully swoon worthy! I cannot wait to sit by the fire on a cool Saturday morning and read. this book! Maybe even on Christmas Eve in front of the fireplace and Christmas tree! It looks like the perfect quick read for a Christmas night! Take a look and see if this one catches your eye as it did mine!
The Nutcracker and Edwardian-Era England combine to weave a magical tale of love and friendship at Christmastime.
As the beloved stepdaughter of the Earl of Castleton, Lady Mariah Lyons cherishes her home at Plumford Manor, but her idyllic world will be threatened when the estate passes to Cyril Lightbourne, a childhood friend she hasn’t seen or heard from in years. Once, Mariah dreamed their friendship would kindle into something more, but that was before she heard Cyril was courting the cruelhearted Lady Pearl. Now Mariah is willing to welcome him as a friend and pray he will be the heir her stepfather needs, but she’ll keep her heart locked safely away from anyone with such poor taste.
Cyril Lightbourne has long avoided returning to Plumford Manor, yet he reluctantly arrives in time for Christmas. When his friendship with Lady Mariah reignites, he finds himself caught between his affection for her and her family’s misunderstanding of his attachment to Lady Pearl. Then, more trouble arrives in the form of a Danish lord on a mission to win Mariah’s hand by Christmas. Will the magic of the holiday season help lead to the discovery of true love, or will duty to country leave all longing for what could have been?
ADVANCE PRAISE
“So many delightful layers to this tale, along with intriguing characters and beautiful descriptions…It really puts you in the mood for Christmas.”— Melody Carlson, author of The Christmas Tree Farm and A Royal Christmas
“Sugar plums, gingerbread, and all the Christmasy feels go into this charming holiday romance.”— Michelle Griep, Christy Award-winning author of Once Upon a Dickens Christmas
AUTHOR BIO
Roseanna M. White (RoseannaMWhite.com) is a bestselling, Christy Award-winning author who has long claimed that words are the air she breathes. When not writing fiction, she’s homeschooling, editing, designing book covers, and pretending her house will clean itself. Roseanna is the author of a slew of historical novels that span several continents and thousands of years. Spies and war and mayhem always seem to find their way into her books…to offset her real life, which is blessedly ordinary.
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