Dear Readers,

A report has reached us of a fire at an inn which shall not be named until we have confirmed certain particulars. Damage from the fire was not excessive, however one of the inn’s guests, taking refuge there in the midst of a snowstorm enroute to a Yuletide celebration, is reported to have suffered a burn on her face.

The consequences of such an unfortunate injury are made more dire in that the injured party is rumored to be none other than a Frenchwoman who practices the modiste trade. I shall not give even her initials here lest you recognize her immediately before my reporter is able to confirm these facts. We are alarmed by further news that besides the facial burn, the poor unfortuate is unable to see.

The injured party is rumored to have powerful friends among the ladies of London, and will no doubt have the best and most modern medical care available. We shall have further news of this matter later.

Should Auld Acquaintance Be Forgot

A holiday novella by Alina K. Field, in A Christmas Quintet, A Bluestocking Belles Collection

Dreading meeting an old enemy at a Yuletide house party, Madame Marie La Fanelle, an acclaimed London modiste, has a clumsy encounter with a lamp that leaves her burned, blinded, and in terror of the future.

But then a kind German physician appears, offering a hopeful diagnosis, and stirring memories of the man she once loved. Can the magic of the holidays heal Marie’s blindness and soften the hardened hearts of two prideful lovers?

Now available for preorder:

 

A Christmas Quintet, A Bluestocking Belles Collection

• Friends to Lovers—The farmer’s daughter, the viscount’s son, and the estate manager reunite as adults. Della is starry-eyed for the viscount’s son, but is he really the one for her? (Regency, Christmas)

• Fake Relationship—When the pressure to marry is overwhelming, can a plan put in place at a Christmas house party turn into a love that will last forever? (Regency, Christmas)

• Second-Chance Love—An accident leaves the modiste burned, blinded and in despair until the physician offers hope and stirs memories. (Regency, Christmas)

• Country Mouse and Marriage-Shy Duke—Invited at the last minute to make up the numbers, she expects to be an interested observer. The duke has other ideas. (Georgian, Twelfth Night)

• Two Spies, One Secret—Trapped in a deserted wilderness, will they set aside secrets and past betrayals to rekindle their love and ring in the New Year together? (Medieval, Hogmanay)

Five charming stories for your holiday season, including Should Auld Acquaintance be Forgot, a sequel to the Sons in the Spy Lord Series. 

Preorder today for only 99 cents: https://books2read.com/AChristmasQuintet

About the Author

USA Today bestselling author Alina K. Field earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree in English and German literature but prefers the happier world of romance fiction. Her roots are in the Midwestern U.S., but after six very, very, very cold years in Chicago, she moved to Southern California where she shares a midcentury home with a golden-eyed terrier and a feisty chihuahua and only occasionally misses snow.

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