Christmas Keepsakes: A Handful Of Gold/The Three Gifts/The Season For Suitors by Mary Balogh, Julia Justiss, Nicola Cornick

three fun Regency romantic novellasby harstan

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September 03, 2005: ?Handful of Gold? by Mary Balogh. The handsome and wealthy heir to an earldom, Lord Julian Dare, seems to have everything so what do you get the man you love for Christmas who seems to need nothing Verity Ewing asks herself. You give your heart to him though the risk is that he will return it broken. --- ?The Three Gifts? by Julia Justiss. Near death from war related injuries, Viscount Miles Hampden needs a spouse to provide him an heir that is if he recovers enough to perform. Edwina Denby agrees to a marriage of convenience because she holds Miles in high regard. Edwina tends to her new husband?s near fatal injuries even as they fall in love. --- ?The Season for Suitors? by Nicola Cornick. Because she is a pretty heiress, rakes and wastrels try to compromise Clara Davenport into marriage. She has been fortunate so far, but knows her luck will not hold out so she decides she needs a teacher to train her, an innocent, on how to fend off rakes. She turns to the poster boy of rakes Sebastian Fleet for mentoring and advice. However, the lessons between the teacher and the student turn into one of love. --- These three Regency romantic novellas are fun tales due the assertive females who know what they want and take charge of achieving their respective heart?s desires. The men are solid partners but the strong women make this anthology worth reading. --- Harriet Klausner