num_pages: 113
description: Some wallflowers bloom at night... A Spindle Cove NovellaViolet Winterbottom is a quiet girl. She speaks six languages but seldom raises her voice. She endured bitter heartbreak in perfect silence. The gentlemen aren't beating down her door. Until the night of the Spindle Cove Christmas ball when a mysterious stranger crashes into the ballroom and collapses at Violet's feet. His coarse attire and near-criminal good looks would put any sensible young lady on her guard. He's wet chilled bleeding and speaking in an unfamiliar tongue. Only Violet understands him. And she knows he's not what he seems. She has one night to draw forth the secrets of this dangerously handsome rogue. Is he a smuggler? A fugitive? An enemy spy? She needs answers by sunrise but her captive would rather seduce than confess. To learn his secrets Violet must reveal hersand open herself to adventure passion and the unthinkable... Love. Warning: The heroine packs a pistol the hero curses in multiple languages and together they steam up a cold winters night. 
language: English
title: Once Upon a Winter's Eve
publisher: Samhain Publishing