title: A Cup of Cheer
author: Marlowe, Deb
description: Wine, women, song, adventure, even scandal.  Lord Chester pursued them all—and used the chase to outrun the pain in his past.  But when his carousing endangers a young boy, he wonders if he must reevaluate his choices.The pain of Miss Julia Deering's past keeps turning up in her present.  She's settled and content, now, though, as a lady's companion, until the dowager countess's notorious grandson arrives. They are charged with bringing Christmas alive for the boy, the dowager and a quiet house, but they'll uncover some truths about themselves along the way.   Will the magic of the season convince them to believe in themselves—and each other?