Presenting MARY’S CHRISTMAS KNIGHT, for those of us who go weak-kneed at the smell of hot cocoa, baking cookies, peppermint bonbons, and the most delicious chocolately baritone voice whispering in your ear.
Poor Mary Cavendish, she’s trying to trim down in time for the next London Season so she’ll attract her “knight on a white charger,” but all the lovely Christmas food is tempting her. She imagines the sugarplums call to her in little voices, Eat me! Eat me! Her corset is laced so tightly, it creaks. Embarrassing!
As a distraction, she volunteers practically everywhere, including the parish hospital. Enter a mysterious Christmas Eve patient, who proves to be none other than the famous Shakespearean actor Sir Wesley Samuel Darcy. Mary finds him arrogant, too forward… and maddeningly handsome.
When Mary learns Sir Wesley has been invited to spend Christmas with her family at Rougemont, she vows to resist the charming London rogue. But is he really all that bad? Sir Wesley seems to understand her like no one else, which Mary finds bewildering. Even Philip, her beloved brother, vouches for Sir Wesley’s character as a former mate in the Navy. But what about the horrid rumors circulating in London about him?
Wesley thinks finding the perfect present for Miss Cavendish will tempt her — she’s not as prim as she pretends to be. Mary turned down six proposals last Season, and she’s not about to give in to a rake. But if Mary can’t resist the sugarplums, how can she resist the dashing Sir Wesley?
Could a rogue be her knight in shining armor?
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* At 75 pages, this Christmas-themed novella fits chronologically between Song for Sophia and The King of Threadneedle Street. I’m calling it “Rougemont 1.5.”
Moriah Densley 
Gorgeous cover ! I can’t wait to read it!
I love it too! Thank you, Nicole.
Moriah, I’ve just bought it to add to my cache of Christmas books for my December reading. I also bought Song for Sophia at the same time!
Hiya, Carol. Well, thank you! I’m so flattered. Thanks for giving my books a chance.
My pleasure, Moriah! I love discovering new authors and I’ll be sure to post my reviews on Rakes and Rascals.
You will?!?! Why, thank you, Carol! I would be honored. I love your blog! Be sure to tag me when you do, and I will crow everywhere about it 🙂
I’ll be reading Mary’s Christmas Knight in December and will be sure to let you know when I post the review!
Oooo I know what I’m getting. 🙂
hehe Thanks, ki pha. Me, I feel like Christmas came early – I just love new releases 🙂
Enjoyed the post and your cover is just gorgeous!
Joanna, Thanks for stopping by. It’s so much fun having “matching” covers!
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You’re an angel, Terrie. Thanks for the TLC.
To think I, once upon a time, sang with this fair maiden…
Mucho Congratulations!
Holy smoke! It’s Angel Shelburne! Well hello, old friend. There must be a cool story about how you found my author blog. I remember you were the best dancer in our group, and most of the girls there had quite a crush on you, including me, of course. Great hearing from you. Come by anytime… assuming historical romance novels don’t scare you away, hehe.