num_pages: 392
description: Christmas 1815.Upstairs and downstairs Holbourne Abbey is abuzz with preparations for a grand ball to celebrate the years most festiveand romanticholiday. For at the top of each guests wish list is a last chance to find true love before the New YearA chance meeting beneath the mistletoe a stolen glance across the dance flooramid the sumptuous delicacies glittering decorations and swell of the orchestra every duchess and debutante lord and lackey has a hopeful heart. There's the headstrong heiress who must win back her beloved by midnightor be wed to another....the spinster whose fateful choice to relinquish love may hold one more surprise for her...a widow yearning to glimpse her long-lost love for even one sweet fleeting interlude...a charming rake who finds far more than he bargained for. And many other dazzling romantic tales in this star-studded collection that will fill your heart and spice up your holidays...Contents:Prologue by Jo BeverleyMy True Love Hath My Heart by Joanna BourneA Scottish Carol by Susan KingChristmas Larks by Patricia RiceIn the Bleak Midwinter by Mary Jo PutneyOld Flames Dance by Cara ElliottA Season for Marriage by Nicola CornickMiss Finch and the Angel by Jo BeverleyMistletoe Kisses by Anne Gracie
language: English
title: The Last Chance Christmas Ball
publisher: Kensington