“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 the earl’s best friend arrives as the lucky First Foot on New Year’s Eve, Alice’s world turns upside-down.
“God Rest Ye Murdered Gentlemen” – Newlywed Eugenia, Lady Hunter, wants to impress her aristocratic in-laws with her first Christmas house party — but blackmail, dead bodies, and being snowed in with a killer are not part of her plan.
“A Perfectly Dreadful Christmas” – Three not-so-wise gentlemen, a pregnant stranger, several tumbling footmen, and an unexpected snowstorm will turn Elizabeth’s Perfectly Ordinary Christmas into a disaster … or a Christmas miracle with the man she loves.
EXCERPT from A PERFECTLY DREADFUL CHRISTMAS
“You do not seem happy. Sterling would want you to be happy.”
“You and I both know Delacroix only proposed to save me from Mama. Not even Napoleon deserves Mama.”
Nicholas struggled to his feet. “You are wrong there, Elizabeth. Delacroix is very fond of you.”
“Fond?” Elizabeth wanted to scream at the unromantic nature of men. It was a miracle the human race survived at all. “You are right, of course. He is fond of me. And that is more than most marriages have.”
“Yes. It is.” He took three steps toward the open sitting room door, but turned back to search her face almost desperately. “There is nothing wrong between you and Delacroix. Is there?”
Elizabeth unfurled herself from her chair and loosed her most brilliant, girlish laughter on him. The sort of laughter a woman practiced to assure a man all is right in her world. “Nothing a little moonlight and mistletoe wouldn’t fix.”
“Let us hope Delacroix doesn’t recruit some poor footman to hang the moon now the mistletoe is done.” He gave her a wicked wink.
“All the ladders are broken. No danger there, my lord.”
He crossed the room in three strides. Somehow the locket was in his hand and then it was around her neck, pressed over her heart with the heat of his palm like a brand.
“Someone should hang the moon for you, Elizabeth. You deserve the moon. The moon, the stars, and more.”
She stared at him — bubbling on the inside, frozen in place on the outside. No sound save their breathing and the music of the wind against the window panes. Then with a muttered curse he was gone.
Elizabeth’s knees wobbled. She sat down, missed the chair, and landed in a heap on the sitting room floor. “Drat you, Nicholas St. Gabriel. What the devil just happened?”
A bit about Louisa
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Louisa Cornell read her first historical romance novel, Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, at the age of nine. This inspired her to spend the next three years of her young life writing the most horrible historical romance novel ever written. Fortunately it has yet to see the light of day. As Louisa spent those three years living in a little English village in Suffolk (Thanks to her father’s Air Force career.) it is no surprise she developed a lifelong love of all things British, especially British history and Regency-set romance novels. (And Earl Grey tea!)
During those same three years, Louisa’s vocal talent was discovered. Her study of music began at the London College of Music and continued once she returned to the States. After four music degrees and a year of study at the Mozarteum in Salzburg, Austria, Louisa was fortunate enough to embark on a singing career in opera houses in Germany, Austria, and most of Eastern Europe.
Now retired from an active career in opera, Louisa has returned to her first love – writing Regency-set historical romance. She has completed four books to date and A PERFECTLY DREADFUL CHRISTMAS is her publication debut.
Two time Golden Heart finalist, three time Daphne du Maurier winner, and three time Royal Ascot winner, Louisa is a member of RWA, SMRWA and the Beau Monde Chapter of RWA. She lives in LA (Lower Alabama) with a Chihuahua so grouchy he has been banned from six veterinary clinics, several perfectly amiable small dogs, and a cat who terminates vermin with extreme prejudice.
You can learn more about Louisa and her future publication plans at : www.louisacornell.com and https://www.facebook.com/RegencyWriterLouisaCornell or follow her on Twitter @LouisaCornell.
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