Christmas Heart by Mary Lancaster
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No room at the Hart Inn…
After her first ever serious quarrel with her husband, Charlotte, the young Duchess of Alvan, flees to her parents’ home for Christmas, taking her baby son and her dog. However, when the road is blocked by snow, she has to seek refuge at the Hart – and all the rooms are full. In the end, she has to share an old stable with a highly suspicious neighbor, a thief and a depressed rake.
But there are plenty of unexpected gifts that night and love is the greatest of them all.
- File Name:christmas-heart-by-mary-lancaster.epub
- Original Title:Christmas Heart: An Historical Romance Novella (The Unmarriageable Series)
- Creator:Mary Lancaster
- Language:en
- Identifier:MOBI-ASIN:B08BTB2H67
- Publisher:Dragonblade Publishing, Inc.
- Date:2020-07-17T16:00:00+00:00
- Subject:Fiction,romance,Medieval
- File Size:126.624 KB
Table of Content
- 1. Title Page
- 2. Copyright Page
- 3. Publisher’s Note
- 4. Additional Dragonblade books by Author Mary Lancaster
- 5. Table of Contents
- 6. Chapter One
- 7. Chapter Two
- 8. Chapter Three
- 9. Chapter Four
- 10. About Mary Lancaster
Mary Lancaster
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Christmas Heart, the FINAL (hopefully) book of the Unmarriageable series, was, once again, about Her Grace Charlotte Moore, the Duchess of Alvan, and her husband His Grace Alexander Moore, the Duke of Alvan. After being married for less than two years and having recently given birth to their first child, Arthur, the Marquis of Yateford, Charlotte and Alex had their first-ever serious argument. Charlie had wanted to spend Christmas with her family as she had not seen any of them since Arthur was born. When Alex refused, saying it was too far to travel with a six-month-old infant in the cold, their argument got out of hand and had sent her hurtling towards her parents' home with her infant son and dog, Spring...and without her husband. Arriving in Sussex, the coachman informed Charlie that the road to her family's home was impassable and that the only place safe to go was the Hart Inn. However, when they reached the inn, they noticed it was overflowing with people celebrating Christmas Eve. With all the rooms full to overflowing, Charlie had no choice but to accept a room in the old stables. After getting settled, she began to realize the folly of her actions and worried that she had put her marriage in jeopardy. Unknown to Charlie, fearing for her and Arthur, Alex had followed them. As he arrived at the Inn, he learned they were safe and staying in the old stables. Not finding her there, he went in search of her, only to find her in the company of a man he knew was a notorious rake and gamester. His jealousy knew no bounds and anger burned in his chest at the thought of his wife having a tryst with another man, and he determined to hide his presence from her. While Alex knew who she was, Charlie, upon the realization she was no longer alone with the baby in the stables, began a conversation through the wall with him. Alex, not meaning to, had unwittingly disguised his voice so that she didn't know it was him. As they talked through the wall, each learned a little more about what mattered to the other. For his part, Alex began to understand the melancholy that had settled on Charlie after giving birth and how much he had hurt her by denying her desire to be with all things familiar. Somewhere along the way during their chat, Charlie began to suspect it was her husband in the stall next to her. When they finally acknowledged each other, the conversation waned and they slept, still in their own stalls. Things that go bump in the night would be an apt description of what followed, throwing fear into the heart of Charlie and Alex. As the night progressed, there were many occurrences that kept Alex and Charlie up, but at least they were together. The angst was mild but the drama was pretty high for such a short story. There was even a touch of humor. But most of all, the book was full of kindness, compassion, caring...and love. Why the author chose to write a second book about the two main characters from the first book of the series was not known. However, it was well-written, desperately short, and surprisingly good.