Taylor Qualls, the Earl of Sandlin, is forced once again to face his own obligations this season. He has a year and a half to find a suitable bride and produce the heir as dictated in his grandfather’s will. Nobody needs to tell him that Lady Phoebe is the last woman on earth he should marry. After all, given his own track record with wives and Lady Phoebe’s penchant for mishaps, she wouldn’t survive a month as his bride.
Emily
Frasier has lived as the ward of Duke Ellings since her father died when she
was fifteen. She also knows that soon it will be time to leave his household
and make her way on her own. When she
discovers a cottage while visiting her aunt and uncle she knows this is where
she wants to live and become a teacher, as her father once was.
Dillon
Chambers must find a wife this season in order to please his mother. If she didn’t have control over something more
precious than his freedom and life, he would not have made the promise to marry
a lady with high connections at the end of the season. When he comes across Emily at his cottage and
learns she is the ward of a duke, he feels his luck has finally changed. He
could please his mother and settle with a lady he would actually want to have
as his wife.
When
the truth becomes known in London that Emily is only a professor’s daughter,
Dillon knows his parents will never approve. Will he risk everything to have
her? Will Emily do the sensible thing or
risk her reputation and heart so that Dillon doesn’t destroy all he holds dear?
Noah Johansen, Marquess Felding, is determined
to find a wife. Each of his friends had
married well, and for love, yet Noah has not found a match for himself. Despite how much he has looked amongst the ton, Noah has come to the conclusion
that he will not be as lucky as his friends.
Rosalind
Valentine has been in love with Marquess Felding since she was in the
schoolroom. She also knows that he will
never be hers given her humble background and family secrets. As much as it
pains her to watch him court another, Rosalind knows it is for the best and is
determined to be content in her position as a nursery maid and companion.
Noah
realizes that the lady he set to court is not
the lady he wishes to be tied to for life and also begins to see Miss
Rosalind Valentine in an entirely different light. Had he been looking in the
wrong place for love? Had she been as close as next door? Will circumstances
beyond his control keep him from making a Christmas Match?