The Brides of Christmas also includes stories by Margaret Moore and Deborah Simmons. A Christmas Delight also has stories by Sara Blayne, Anthea Malcolm (aka Joan Grant), Elizabeth Morgan, Dawn Aldridge Poore and Lois Stewart. A Regency Valentine also has stories by Carola Dunn, Ellen Fitzgerald (aka Florence Stevenson), Kitty Grey and Sheila Simonson. But the worst weather in living memory threatens to curtail the festivities until the arrival of a mysterious visitor who changes the course of the holiday - and their lives.Notes: My Lady Notorious was also released with the shortened title of Lady Notorious.

Members of the powerful medieval family of de Burghs are gathering at Campion Castle for their Christmas celebration. *** THE UNEXPECTED GUEST by Deborah Simmons Drawn together by circumstances, the couple are forced to confront both their pasts and their future as they discover the most precious gift of all, love. She has long told herself she doesn't need any friendly companionship, or anything else a man might offer, especially one as noisy and overwhelming as the undeniably attractive Rafe. Rafe, however, has seriously underestimated Lady Katherine. As for Rafe, he thinks the lady will enjoy his company, once she thaws. Lady Katherine DuMonde thinks Sir Rafe Bracton is trouble the moment she sees him, but courtesy and duty command that she be a hospitable hostess. *** THE VAGABOND KNIGHT by Margaret MooreĪ lady's quiet Christmas is disrupted by an impertinent, boisterous knight who seeks shelter from a storm. What hope, though, when a deadly feud stands between them, worsened now by this night's events? Can they find a way to heal ancient wounds and free both families from the prison of hate? Her impoverished cousin, Joan of Hawes, takes her place, but then it is Joan who is snatched by the great Edmund de Graves, the Golden Lion, trying to save his brother's beloved from disaster.įorced to hide from pursuit in a cave, neither Edmund nor Joan are pleased with the situation or each other, but through Christmas Eve, they begin to see that they have each found their heart's delight. Unthinkable, then, that she play the part of the Virgin Mary in the de Montelans' traditional Christmas reenactment. When Nicolette de Montelan falls in love with Gerald de Grave, there's no hope, but even so, they make love and Nicolette becomes pregnant. more » #39 s the cause of their neighbors' fame and glory.

The de Graves have it, and the de Montelans think that&. *** THE WISE VIRGIN by Jo Beverley - The de Grave and de Montelan families have been feuding for generations over the possession of the Bethlehem Banner, which had been carried into Bethlehem by crusading ancestors of both families. Three wonderful Christmas romances set in the middle ages.

The Brides of Christmas by Jo Beverley