When several friends embark on a winter adventure in the snowy wonderland of Yellowstone National Park and meet a strange old ranger who fills their heads with the possibilities of finding true love by Christmas, they quickly find themselves faced with new challenges and thought-provoking ideas.Celeste Norfolk imagined a fun-filled time that would get her friends to try things outside their comfort zones. After a couple of days of high-energy activities, she ends up going solo on a backcountry snowmobile excursion while her friends enjoy the hot tub back at the lodge. Unbelievable events transpire, putting her face to face with a stranger who didn’t realize how much he needed her help. Will she be able to save him from himself, or will her controlling nature be too overwhelming?Angie White is most comfortable in her own routine, close to home. Agreeing to a holiday trip filled with snow and unspeakable dangers was definitely ‘out-of-the-box’ for her. With her anxiety reaching new levels, she can barely cope when her best friend disappears without a trace. Having lost her entire family and facing Christmas alone is almost more than she can bear. A mysterious park ranger’s message haunts her when she is forced to confront circumstances completely out of her control. Perhaps the handsome stranger who crosses her path will be able to provide some answers.Can anything really happen at Christmas if you just believe?

In this Bridgerton era You’ve Got Mail, the clever, popular, and deliciously shocking ladies’ periodical Mrs. Goode’s Magazine for Misses only employs women who are equal to the challenge—and for one biting theatre critic, that challenge happens to include romance.  A fast-paced, innovative, sexy historical romance with a modern twist that readers of Sabrina Jeffries, Sarah MacLean, and Julia Quinn will adore. As the daughter of a clergyman, Julia Addison knows she’ll never be able to fulfill her lifelong dream of acting on the stage. But writing forthright reviews of the Season’s most popular plays for Mrs. Goode’s Magazine for Misses, popularly known as Goode’s Guide to Misconduct is surely the next best thing. Even better, she’s got a ticket to Ransom Blackadder’s latest irritating satire about English society. Best of all, she’s sharing a theater box with the gruff but handsome Lord Dunstane, which is enough to make Julia call for an encore . . .   Graham McKay, the Earl of Dunstane, rarely leaves his home in the Scottish Highlands. Why would he? Nothing about London has ever held his interest—until he meets Julia. But when Graham realizes she is the critic who panned his last play—and she discovers he is in fact the man behind Blackadder’s wicked pen—will it bring down the curtain on their romance—not to mention the magazine that published the humiliating review? Or can an unexpected collaboration set the stage for a scandalous love affair?

Viola Brodure, gentlewoman and celebrated authoress, faces a personal dilemma suited for a novel—everyone wishes for her to make a love match with Ethan Penn-Leith, the famous Highland Poet. And by everyone, she means everyone—her father, her adoring readers, the gossip columnists, and her patron, the overbearing Duke of Kendall. Why, even Queen Victoria herself has given a nod of approval to the match. After all, the popular novelist and the famous poet are the perfect heroine and hero for their own love story. A literary dynasty waiting to be born.The problem, of course, is that Viola has never met Ethan, not in the flesh, at least. She has read about him and devoured his poetic writings, but does the man himself live up to his dashing reputation?Malcolm Penn-Leith exists in twilight. He manages his farm, Thistle Muir, in the shadow of the Scottish Highlands. As the older brother of the renowned Ethan Penn-Leith, Malcolm tends to his prized cows while Ethan basks in the limelight. Harder still, Malcolm lives under a cloud of grief after the death of his wife five years ago. But then Miss Viola Brodure arrives in Malcolm’s wee village, intent on meeting Ethan and beginning a courtship. Viola—petite, blond, shy, and English—is nothing like Malcolm’s late wife. And yet, Viola awakens a piece of his heart that he thought lost in the abyss of his grief. For her part, Viola is surprised to find herself more attracted to the stoic Malcolm than the charming Ethan. So now what? She isn’t meant to fall in love with the man adjacent to Ethan Penn-Leith. That’s not the plot she had outlined. After all, Malcolm and Viola are not the match made in heaven that everyone wishes to see. As social pressures mount, can Malcolm and Viola overcome the weight of his past and the expectations of her future to forge a new path together?Please note that the basic elements of this story first appeared in a novella entitled A Ring of Gold. This current novel is a greatly-expanded adaptation of that novella.

Enjoy a quartet of delicious Regency-set romances with Christmas elements… In one box set, Theresa Romain brings you the complete Holiday Pleasures series. Includes four novels and three bonus stories!The Viscount’s Inconvenient TemptationA lighthearted Regency friends-to-lovers tale full of family, the delights of the London season, and an unbelievable number of biscuits.The Earl’s Holiday WagerAt a notorious house party, a fake rake and a bold bluestocking ignite a Christmas scandal…The Baron’s Marriage GambleHe needs a wife. She needs an escape. Theirs would be the perfect marriage of convenience—if she didn’t love him.The Rogue’s Treasure HuntA merry class-difference road romance full of codes, puzzles, and found family at Christmas.Bonus stories: “In Which Viscountess Roseborough Removes Her Disguise”“Room for One More”“When in Venice”

The murky waters of the marsh are haunted by smugglers and pirates...There are whispers the Savannah coast is home to the deadly pirate, Alligator George, but Christine Fryer needs a peaceful escape from her father's disapproving stare.Captain Nathaniel Butler knows it's time to put his smuggling operation to rest now that the American Revolution is over. He needs to make one last expedition to pay off his remaining debt, but his plans are threatened by the meddlesome sister of his best friend.As Savannah society throws a privileged young woman and a desperate man together, the marsh will reveal their secrets and their hearts. Christine will do anything to stop the rogue captain from influencing and ruining her brother, but she has no idea the crew of Alligator George is watching and waiting...Can she save her family from his wicked influence without falling in love?This novel is a clean & wholesome historical romance with echoes of American history and Regency charm.Read all of the Gentlemen of the Coast Books1. A Smuggler's Heart2. A Captain's Bride3. A Buccaneer's DealOr Classic Jane Austen-inspired RomancesProper AttireA Pirate at PembrokeJosetteThe Privateer of San Madrid

Lose yourself in the spellbinding tale of two women from the same family, separated by 600 years, but their fates no less intertwined.A love that echoes through the ages . . .After genealogist Melissa Grantham’s marriage falls apart, she escapes to her family’s ancestral home in Kent.But from the moment she arrives at Ashleigh Manor, vivid dreams of a young couple in love from the fourteenth century haunt her.Before she can dismiss them as nothing more than her imagination, Melissa meets a handsome stranger who lives in a nearby cottage. The same man from her dreams.Melissa feels a burning attraction to Jake, but can she really trust her feelings, or are they merely caused by a love so strong it has echoed through generations . . .And how are they tied to the 600-year-old tragedy locked away within the looming shadow of Ashleigh Manor?Winner of the 2012 Best Historical Read award from the Festival of Romance.Fans of Barbara Erskine, Susanna Kearsley, Irina Shapiro or Kirsty Ferry will be utterly spellbound by this absorbing and addictive timeslip romance with rich and vivid historical detail, set between the present and the Wars of the Roses.Praise for Christina Courtenay:‘Sometimes, you read a book and feel that it touches you so deeply. This is what The Silent Touch of Shadows did for me.’‘I was thinking about them when not reading the book, this is how much the characters got inside my head.’‘The characters jumped out of the page.’‘I unhesitatingly recommend A Silent Touch of Shadows on every front.’‘Will stay with me for a long time.’‘Courtenay draws the reader in with her vivid storytelling.’ALSO BY CHRISTINA COURTENAYSHADOWS FROM THE PASTBook 1: THE SILENT TOUCH OF SHADOWSMore from Christina Courtenay’s spellbinding Shadows of the Past series coming soon!