Author: Annie Burrows
Publisher: Harlequin
ISBN: 0369729919
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
Three festive Regency stories in one collection An invitation to… Three seasonal Society parties! In Invitation to a Wedding by Annie Burrows, Clara’s immersed in a glamorous aristocratic wedding, but it’s captivating Lieutenant Hugo who sweeps her off her feet. In Snowbound with the Earl by Lara Temple, Bella makes an unlikely ally of forbidding Lord Deverill to thwart an elopement—and gets stranded with him for Christmas! In A Kiss at the Winter Ball by Joanna Johnson, Maria’s rescued from a snowstorm by Viscount Stanford, and receives a life-changing invitation. From Harlequin Historical: Your romantic escape to the past.
Regency Christmas Parties
Author: Annie Burrows
Publisher: Harlequin
ISBN: 0369729919
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
Three festive Regency stories in one collection An invitation to… Three seasonal Society parties! In Invitation to a Wedding by Annie Burrows, Clara’s immersed in a glamorous aristocratic wedding, but it’s captivating Lieutenant Hugo who sweeps her off her feet. In Snowbound with the Earl by Lara Temple, Bella makes an unlikely ally of forbidding Lord Deverill to thwart an elopement—and gets stranded with him for Christmas! In A Kiss at the Winter Ball by Joanna Johnson, Maria’s rescued from a snowstorm by Viscount Stanford, and receives a life-changing invitation. From Harlequin Historical: Your romantic escape to the past.
Publisher: Harlequin
ISBN: 0369729919
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
Three festive Regency stories in one collection An invitation to… Three seasonal Society parties! In Invitation to a Wedding by Annie Burrows, Clara’s immersed in a glamorous aristocratic wedding, but it’s captivating Lieutenant Hugo who sweeps her off her feet. In Snowbound with the Earl by Lara Temple, Bella makes an unlikely ally of forbidding Lord Deverill to thwart an elopement—and gets stranded with him for Christmas! In A Kiss at the Winter Ball by Joanna Johnson, Maria’s rescued from a snowstorm by Viscount Stanford, and receives a life-changing invitation. From Harlequin Historical: Your romantic escape to the past.
On Hosting Your Regency-Era Christmas Party: A Companion to Jane and the Twelve Days of Christmas
Author: Soho Press
Publisher: Soho Press
ISBN: 1616956402
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 16
Book Description
This introduction to the Regency-era Christmas offers a few helpful tips for celebrating your holiday like Jane Austen! The latest installment in Stephanie Barron’s richly historical Jane Austen mystery series takes place over the twelve days of Christmas, a Regency-era tradition unlike the holiday we celebrate today. In the pages of this free companion guide to the novel, you’ll find authentic ways to celebrate your own Georgian Christmas—from decorations to recipes to parlor games—for full immersion into the world of our heroine. About Jane Austen and the Twelve Days of Christmas: On Christmas Eve of 1814, we find the Regency era’s most beloved author on holiday at the Vyne, the gorgeous estate of the prominent Chute household, with family and friends. As they prepare for the twelve days of Christmas festivities, the guests are all in a celebratory mood—until one of the Yuletide revelers dies in a riding accident, which Jane immediately views with suspicion. With clues scattered amidst cleverly crafted charades, dark secrets coming to light during parlor games, and old friendships returning to haunt the Christmas parties, can Jane discover the truth and stop the killer from striking again?
Publisher: Soho Press
ISBN: 1616956402
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 16
Book Description
This introduction to the Regency-era Christmas offers a few helpful tips for celebrating your holiday like Jane Austen! The latest installment in Stephanie Barron’s richly historical Jane Austen mystery series takes place over the twelve days of Christmas, a Regency-era tradition unlike the holiday we celebrate today. In the pages of this free companion guide to the novel, you’ll find authentic ways to celebrate your own Georgian Christmas—from decorations to recipes to parlor games—for full immersion into the world of our heroine. About Jane Austen and the Twelve Days of Christmas: On Christmas Eve of 1814, we find the Regency era’s most beloved author on holiday at the Vyne, the gorgeous estate of the prominent Chute household, with family and friends. As they prepare for the twelve days of Christmas festivities, the guests are all in a celebratory mood—until one of the Yuletide revelers dies in a riding accident, which Jane immediately views with suspicion. With clues scattered amidst cleverly crafted charades, dark secrets coming to light during parlor games, and old friendships returning to haunt the Christmas parties, can Jane discover the truth and stop the killer from striking again?
Regency Christmas Liaisons
Author: Christine Merrill
Publisher: Harlequin
ISBN: 0369711297
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
Enjoy a festive flirtation With three sensual, seasonal stories! In Unwrapped under the Mistletoe by Christine Merrill, Charles is hired to catch supposedly light-fingered poor relation Daphne, but steals a kiss under the mistletoe! In One Night with the Earl by Sophia James, widow Elizabeth seeks refuge for herself and her young twins. Brooding Lord Grey might just provide that Christmas miracle! And in A Most Scandalous Christmas by Marguerite Kaye will the dashing stranger who Lady Sylvia scandalously joked with about a Christmas liaison make good on his promise? From Harlequin Historical: Your romantic escape to the past.
Publisher: Harlequin
ISBN: 0369711297
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
Enjoy a festive flirtation With three sensual, seasonal stories! In Unwrapped under the Mistletoe by Christine Merrill, Charles is hired to catch supposedly light-fingered poor relation Daphne, but steals a kiss under the mistletoe! In One Night with the Earl by Sophia James, widow Elizabeth seeks refuge for herself and her young twins. Brooding Lord Grey might just provide that Christmas miracle! And in A Most Scandalous Christmas by Marguerite Kaye will the dashing stranger who Lady Sylvia scandalously joked with about a Christmas liaison make good on his promise? From Harlequin Historical: Your romantic escape to the past.
Regency Reunions at Christmas
Author: Diane Gaston
Publisher: Harlequin
ISBN: 036973937X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 279
Book Description
Three festive Regency second-chance romances in one volume 'Tis the season… For three reunion romances! In The Major's Christmas Return by Diane Gaston: at her friend’s house for Christmas, Caroline’s shocked her fellow houseguest is Major Nashfield—who left her at the altar! In A Proposal for the Penniless Lady by Laura Martin: Isobel’s always regretted obeying her father and turning down Thomas’s proposal. Now that he’s back for Christmas, is this their second chance? And in Her Duke Under the Mistletoe by Helen Dickson: Sophie is stunned by her convenient husband Tristan’s return—and their thrilling new attraction… From Harlequin Historical: Your romantic escape to the past.
Publisher: Harlequin
ISBN: 036973937X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 279
Book Description
Three festive Regency second-chance romances in one volume 'Tis the season… For three reunion romances! In The Major's Christmas Return by Diane Gaston: at her friend’s house for Christmas, Caroline’s shocked her fellow houseguest is Major Nashfield—who left her at the altar! In A Proposal for the Penniless Lady by Laura Martin: Isobel’s always regretted obeying her father and turning down Thomas’s proposal. Now that he’s back for Christmas, is this their second chance? And in Her Duke Under the Mistletoe by Helen Dickson: Sophie is stunned by her convenient husband Tristan’s return—and their thrilling new attraction… From Harlequin Historical: Your romantic escape to the past.
A Magical Regency Christmas
Author: Edith Layton
Publisher: Untreed Reads
ISBN: 1953601820
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 154
Book Description
The long-awaited third anthology of Edith Layton’s Regency romance Christmas stories includes four enchanting holiday tales. Originally published in separate anthologies, and out-of-print for many years, these holiday novellas by legendary Regency romance author Edith Layton are in one volume for the first time ever! This collection includes the following stories: The Christmas Thief High Spirits Best Wishes The Two Dancing Daughters
Publisher: Untreed Reads
ISBN: 1953601820
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 154
Book Description
The long-awaited third anthology of Edith Layton’s Regency romance Christmas stories includes four enchanting holiday tales. Originally published in separate anthologies, and out-of-print for many years, these holiday novellas by legendary Regency romance author Edith Layton are in one volume for the first time ever! This collection includes the following stories: The Christmas Thief High Spirits Best Wishes The Two Dancing Daughters
It's a Wonderful Regency Christmas
Author: Edith Layton
Publisher: Untreed Reads
ISBN: 1949135411
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 225
Book Description
The magic of the holiday season comes alive with six winning Regency romance stories by a master of the genre. Originally published in separate anthologies, and out-of-print for many years, these Christmas-themed novellas by legendary Regency romance author Edith Layton are in one volume for the first time ever! This collection includes the following stories: The Duke’s Progress It’s a Wonderful Christmas The Gingerbread Man The Last Gift The Amiable Miser Dogstar
Publisher: Untreed Reads
ISBN: 1949135411
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 225
Book Description
The magic of the holiday season comes alive with six winning Regency romance stories by a master of the genre. Originally published in separate anthologies, and out-of-print for many years, these Christmas-themed novellas by legendary Regency romance author Edith Layton are in one volume for the first time ever! This collection includes the following stories: The Duke’s Progress It’s a Wonderful Christmas The Gingerbread Man The Last Gift The Amiable Miser Dogstar
Regency Christmas Wishes
Author: Edith Layton
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101220031
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
A classic Signet Regency Romance Christmas-themed collection FIVE MASTER STORYTELLERS RING IN THE SEASON WITH WARMTH, CHEER, AND LOVE… REGENCY CHRISTMAS WISHES Sandra Heath’s “Merry Magpie”—a bird as noisy as he is nosy—has a bad habit of screeching secrets, turning his masters against each other. But Yuletide has a way of warming hearts, even those of the feathered persuasion. The memory of one kiss from an elfin girl is enough to warm an Irish sailor for many chilly nights. Home for the holidays, he’ll do whatever it takes to get his love—now prim and staid—under the mistletoe, in Emma Jensen’s “Following Yonder Star.” A confirmed bachelor cannot forgive himself for a long-ago sin—that is, until his niece’s educator teaches him a thing or two about Christmas in Carla Kelly’s “Let Nothing You Dismay.” In Edith Layton’s “Best Wishes,” a pair of newlyweds discovers—during their first quarrel over holiday plans—that making up is indeed the best gift they can share. A down-at-the-heels benefactor finds that a single penny—his last—is worth more than riches when it brings him face-to-face with a breathtakingly beautiful Christmas angel in “The Lucky Coin” by Barbara Metzger. Don't miss these other Signet Regency Romance Intermix titles, available in digital format: A Homespun Regency Christmas Minor Indiscretions by Barbara Metzger And these, available digitally for the first time: Mally by Sandra Heath The Lady’s Companion by Carla Kelly
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101220031
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
A classic Signet Regency Romance Christmas-themed collection FIVE MASTER STORYTELLERS RING IN THE SEASON WITH WARMTH, CHEER, AND LOVE… REGENCY CHRISTMAS WISHES Sandra Heath’s “Merry Magpie”—a bird as noisy as he is nosy—has a bad habit of screeching secrets, turning his masters against each other. But Yuletide has a way of warming hearts, even those of the feathered persuasion. The memory of one kiss from an elfin girl is enough to warm an Irish sailor for many chilly nights. Home for the holidays, he’ll do whatever it takes to get his love—now prim and staid—under the mistletoe, in Emma Jensen’s “Following Yonder Star.” A confirmed bachelor cannot forgive himself for a long-ago sin—that is, until his niece’s educator teaches him a thing or two about Christmas in Carla Kelly’s “Let Nothing You Dismay.” In Edith Layton’s “Best Wishes,” a pair of newlyweds discovers—during their first quarrel over holiday plans—that making up is indeed the best gift they can share. A down-at-the-heels benefactor finds that a single penny—his last—is worth more than riches when it brings him face-to-face with a breathtakingly beautiful Christmas angel in “The Lucky Coin” by Barbara Metzger. Don't miss these other Signet Regency Romance Intermix titles, available in digital format: A Homespun Regency Christmas Minor Indiscretions by Barbara Metzger And these, available digitally for the first time: Mally by Sandra Heath The Lady’s Companion by Carla Kelly
A Gilded Age Christmas
Author: Amanda McCabe
Publisher: Harlequin
ISBN: 0369748352
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
Two festive romances set in the glamorous Gilded Age Two short romances Celebrate a Gilded Age Christmas! In Amanda McCabe’s A Convenient Winter Wedding: marrying Connor O’Neill is about survival for penniless heiress May Van Der Berg. The distant self-made millionaire is far from the passionate husband she’d once dreamed of…except for that scorching kiss! In Lauri Robinson’s The Railroad Baron's Mistletoe Bride: after years of estrangement, romance blooms when Kurt invites store clerk Harper and their shared niece to spend Christmas at his mansion. But are they just a family for the holidays? From Harlequin Historical: Your romantic escape to the past.
Publisher: Harlequin
ISBN: 0369748352
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
Two festive romances set in the glamorous Gilded Age Two short romances Celebrate a Gilded Age Christmas! In Amanda McCabe’s A Convenient Winter Wedding: marrying Connor O’Neill is about survival for penniless heiress May Van Der Berg. The distant self-made millionaire is far from the passionate husband she’d once dreamed of…except for that scorching kiss! In Lauri Robinson’s The Railroad Baron's Mistletoe Bride: after years of estrangement, romance blooms when Kurt invites store clerk Harper and their shared niece to spend Christmas at his mansion. But are they just a family for the holidays? From Harlequin Historical: Your romantic escape to the past.
Dickens and Christmas
Author: Lucinda Hawksley
Publisher: Pen and Sword
ISBN: 1526712288
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 266
Book Description
A direct descendant of Charles Dickens delves into the many merry ways in which the author of A Christmas Carol celebrated & influenced the holiday. Dickens and Christmas is an exploration of the 19th-century phenomenon that became the Christmas we know and love today—and of the writer who changed, forever, the ways in which it is celebrated. Charles Dickens was born in an age of great social change. He survived childhood poverty to become the most adored and influential man of his time. Throughout his life, he campaigned tirelessly for better social conditions, including by his most famous work, A Christmas Carol. He wrote this novella specifically “to strike a sledgehammer blow on behalf of the poor man’s child,” and it began the Victorian’s obsession with Christmas. This new book, written by one of his direct descendants, explores not only Dickens’s most famous work, but also his all-too-often overlooked other Christmas novellas. It takes the readers through the seasonal short stories he wrote, for both adults and children, includes much-loved festive excerpts from his novels, uses contemporary newspaper clippings, and looks at Christmas writings by Dickens’s contemporaries. To give an even more personal insight, readers can discover how the Dickens family itself celebrated Christmas, through the eyes of Dickens’s unfinished autobiography, family letters, and his children’s memoirs. Dickens and Christmas also explores the ways in which his works have gone on to influence how the festive season is celebrated around the globe. “Brilliant . . . a very readable book, a slice of social history involving a man who, more than anyone, encapsulates Christmas in literature.”—Books Monthly
Publisher: Pen and Sword
ISBN: 1526712288
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 266
Book Description
A direct descendant of Charles Dickens delves into the many merry ways in which the author of A Christmas Carol celebrated & influenced the holiday. Dickens and Christmas is an exploration of the 19th-century phenomenon that became the Christmas we know and love today—and of the writer who changed, forever, the ways in which it is celebrated. Charles Dickens was born in an age of great social change. He survived childhood poverty to become the most adored and influential man of his time. Throughout his life, he campaigned tirelessly for better social conditions, including by his most famous work, A Christmas Carol. He wrote this novella specifically “to strike a sledgehammer blow on behalf of the poor man’s child,” and it began the Victorian’s obsession with Christmas. This new book, written by one of his direct descendants, explores not only Dickens’s most famous work, but also his all-too-often overlooked other Christmas novellas. It takes the readers through the seasonal short stories he wrote, for both adults and children, includes much-loved festive excerpts from his novels, uses contemporary newspaper clippings, and looks at Christmas writings by Dickens’s contemporaries. To give an even more personal insight, readers can discover how the Dickens family itself celebrated Christmas, through the eyes of Dickens’s unfinished autobiography, family letters, and his children’s memoirs. Dickens and Christmas also explores the ways in which his works have gone on to influence how the festive season is celebrated around the globe. “Brilliant . . . a very readable book, a slice of social history involving a man who, more than anyone, encapsulates Christmas in literature.”—Books Monthly
A Christmas Party
Author: Georgette Heyer
Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.
ISBN: 1492644714
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
"Georgette Heyer has given me such great pleasure over the years in my reading, and rereading, of her stories. —#1 New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts 'Tis the Season—for murder... A colorful assortment of guests at a festive holiday house party discover there is a killer in their midst when their universally reviled host is found dead—in a room locked from the inside. For Inspector Hemingway of Scotland Yard, the investigation is complicated by the fact that every guest is hiding something—throwing all their testimony into question and casting suspicion far and wide. The clever and daring crime will mystify readers, yet the answer is in plain sight all along... PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED AS ENVIOUS CASCA Georgette Heyer wrote over fifty books, including Regency romances, mysteries, and historical fiction. Her barrister husband, Ronald Rougier, provided many of the plots for her detective novels, which are classic English country house mysteries reminiscent of Agatha Christie. Heyer was legendary for her research, historical accuracy, inventive plots, and sparkling characterization. "Sit back, slip away to a happier time and enjoy." —New York Times bestselling author Kasey Michaels "One never forgets one's first Heyer." —New York Times bestselling author Mary Jo Putney "The wittiest of detective writers." —Daily Mail "Miss Heyer's characters and dialogue are an abiding delight to me." —Dorothy L. Sayers
Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.
ISBN: 1492644714
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
"Georgette Heyer has given me such great pleasure over the years in my reading, and rereading, of her stories. —#1 New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts 'Tis the Season—for murder... A colorful assortment of guests at a festive holiday house party discover there is a killer in their midst when their universally reviled host is found dead—in a room locked from the inside. For Inspector Hemingway of Scotland Yard, the investigation is complicated by the fact that every guest is hiding something—throwing all their testimony into question and casting suspicion far and wide. The clever and daring crime will mystify readers, yet the answer is in plain sight all along... PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED AS ENVIOUS CASCA Georgette Heyer wrote over fifty books, including Regency romances, mysteries, and historical fiction. Her barrister husband, Ronald Rougier, provided many of the plots for her detective novels, which are classic English country house mysteries reminiscent of Agatha Christie. Heyer was legendary for her research, historical accuracy, inventive plots, and sparkling characterization. "Sit back, slip away to a happier time and enjoy." —New York Times bestselling author Kasey Michaels "One never forgets one's first Heyer." —New York Times bestselling author Mary Jo Putney "The wittiest of detective writers." —Daily Mail "Miss Heyer's characters and dialogue are an abiding delight to me." —Dorothy L. Sayers