Dear Readers,
Why would the hideously proper Marquis of Staves invite a lady with a tattered reputation to spend Christmas at his estate?
We can think of no possible reason. Granted, Miss Lettice Raleigh is a distant cousin of Lady Staves, but his lordship is not known for considering his wife’s wishes.
It is much easier to think of reasons why not to invite her. Miss Raleigh’s soiled reputation mars the tediously pure and noble renown of Lord Staves’s estate. Not only that, two of his sons, virile young men that they are, might prove to be susceptible to her beauty.
Or…. Might Lord Staves himself be enchanted by her charms? Dear me, one hopes that is not the case—not for his lordship’s sake, but for Miss Raleigh’s. Apart from her damaged reputation, she’s a pleasant, unassuming young woman, and he… Well, everyone knows what his lordship is like!
Well then… Aha! What if Lord Staves has a guilty secret and is being blackmailed into allowing Miss Raleigh to cross the hallowed portals of Staves Court?
Yes, you may well laugh.
All jesting aside, we at the Tattler are stymied, but never fear, we shall seek the true cause of Miss Raleigh’s presence. In the meantime, we wish you, as well as all at Staves Court, a very Happy Christmas!
Yuletide Nights, a sexy Christmas novella duet, is only 99 cents at Amazon in November!
Book One, The Reluctant Seductress: Forced to work as a spy due to her mysterious seductive powers, Lettice Raleigh emerges from the war with her virginity intact and her reputation in tatters. She hasn’t a hope of marrying–but she doesn’t reckon with the persistent Lord Hadrian Oakenhurst, whose besetting sin is…curiosity.
Book Two, Love at First Dance: Sir Colwyn North’s uncanny skill as a lover made him an excellent spy–but it also gave him the worst of reputations. His only hope of winning the hand of the very proper Lady Jane Dew is to trick her into marriage. By way of seduction. While in disguise.
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About the Author:
Winner of the Holt Medallion, Maggie, Daphne du Maurier, Reviewer’s Choice and Epic awards, Barbara Monajem wrote her first story at eight years old about apple tree gnomes. She published a middle-grade fantasy when her children were young, then moved on to paranormal mysteries and Regency romances with intrepid heroines and long-suffering heroes (or vice versa). From sweet to spicy, from real world to fantasy, they all have one theme: Love is the Greatest Magic
Barbara loves to cook, especially soups. She used to have two items on her bucket list: to make asparagus pudding (because it was too weird to resist) and succeed at knitting socks. She managed the first (it was dreadful) and doubts she’ll ever accomplish the second. This is not a bid for immortality but merely the dismal truth. She lives near Atlanta, Georgia with an ever-shifting population of relatives, friends, and feline strays.
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lady reporter put her modesty at risk to reveal the scandalous behavior of foolish maidens on the first day of May (unlike the innocent maidens in this painting).
