His mistress by Christmas

By Victoria Alexander

Subjects: Widows, fiction, England, fiction, Manners and customs, Inheritance and succession, Christmas stories, Fiction, Social life and customs, Widows, Aristocracy (Social class), Man-woman relationships, Fiction, romance, general

Description: For three years, Lady Veronica Smithson has been a happy, independent widow. Still, the right gentleman could provide the benefits of marriage without the tedious restrictions. And in Sir Sebastian Hadley-Attwater, renowned explorer and rogue, Veronica is sure she has found him. Sebastian will inherit his fortune in a matter of weeks, if his family deems him responsible enough. There's no better way to prove his maturity than with a home and a wife.