Posts Tagged ‘regency short stories’

In A Father for Christmas by Carla Kelly, widow Felicity Waring and her young son give refuge to a handsome Yankee stranger for Christmas… In A Kiss Under the Mistletoe by Carol Arens, with her reputation in tatters, Louisa lets out her manor house to captivating Hugh and his motherless little girl… And in The Earl’s Unexpected Gifts by Eva Shepherd, the Earl…

Lord Blakely’s Gift – Anneka R. Walker When Miss Ivy Hunt and Lord Curtis Blakely establish a secret acquaintance, neither can deny that their feelings extend beyond friendship. But as the children of bitter rivals, it will take a Christmas miracle for this star-crossed pair to reach their happily ever after. A Season of Hope…

Even the squared away, efficient Royal Navy must surrender to the joys and misadventures of a Regency Christmas. Four stories shine a light on Christmas during the Napoleonic Wars on land and sea – In Boxing the Compass, a homesick frigate captain shepherding a convict convoy to Australia wants nothing more than to hold his…

In The Captain’s Christmas Journey by Carla Kelly, Captain Everard is escorting Verity to her governess job—and for propriety’s sake that means a convenient engagement!  In Louise Allen’s The Viscount’s Yuletide Betrothal, Eleanor advertises for a “suitable” gentleman to pose as her betrothed over Christmas.  And in Laurie Benson’s novella, Juliet Sommersby’s One Night Under the Mistletoe leads to…

Three Regency tales of festive wishes come true… CAPTAIN GREY’S CHRISTMAS PROPOSAL by Carla Kelly Captain Grey had been fighting malarial fever in Savannah when he met Theodora Winnings. He proposed by letter—but it’s taken ten years to receive her reply. The answer was “yes!”—but is she still free to become his Christmas bride? HER…

SAINTS AND SINNERS by Josi S. Kilpack. When Neville Franklin’s best friend Burke wants to wager who can kiss Eloise first, Neville puts a stop to it. Eloise has been his friend since childhood, and, well, she’s off-limits. Especially to Burke. As Burke pursues Eloise and claims that she has a tendre for him, Neville…

THREE HEARTWARMING REGENCY TALES OF CHRISTMASES GONE BY! CHRISTMAS EVE PROPOSAL by Carla Kelly Christmas gets more interesting when sailing master Ben Muir takes lodgings with Mandy Mathison! Because when her scandalous past is revealed, only he can save her future… THE VISCOUNT’S CHRISTMAS KISS by Georgie Lee Lily Rutherford is shocked to learn the…

“The Lasting Gift” – Post office woes at Christmas. Widow Mary Ann Poole receives a misdirected package. She has just lost her job and money is tight. Unable to afford the return postage, Mary and her daughter deliver the package in person to the sender, Thomas Jenkins, a retired sailing master in nearby Plymouth who…

A Timeless Romance Anthology Book 10 Six Award-Winning Authors have contributed new stories to A Timeless Romance Anthology: All Regency Collection. Readers will love this collection of six regency romance novellas.  In THE WEDDING GIFT: A PRIDE AND PREJUDICE STORY, an enchanting novella by Anna Elliott, the story opens two weeks before Elizabeth Bennet’s wedding…

First Published in 2002. “Let Nothing You Dismay”: In 1810 England, Cecilia Ambrose is an oddity at the Bath academy for young ladies where she teaches. Although gently raised, she is half-Egyptian, and at age twenty-eight believes she will never marry. With Christmas only days away, Cecilia has agreed to escort twelve-year-old Lucinda back to…