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description: One snowy night just before Christmas 1922 poacher Danny Costessey rounds off a night trapping rabbits by climbing a tree to fetch some mistletoe for his motheronly to fall and break his leg. Taken to the manor house to recover from his injuries Danny meets the reclusive owner Philip Luccombe. Village gossip has it Luccombe went mad during the war but Danny soon realizes hes simply still mourning his late lover. As friendship grows between them Danny starts to fall for handsome shy Philip.Dannys lively nature roguish good looks and ready laughter enchant Philip and he finds himself being drawn out of his shell whether he will it or not. But when Danny tries to move beyond friendship Philip panicsand his rejection threatens not only their happiness but Dannys health. This is a revised and expanded version of the story previously published under the title of Pleasures with Rough Strife. Everyone who has purchased a stand-alone copy of Pleasures with Rough Strife from the Dreamspinner website (ie not as part of the Mistletoe Madness set) will be able to download Poacher's Fall free!
language: English
title: Poacher's Fall
publisher: Dreamspinner Press