Title: Hangman's Lullaby
Description: London. Christmas, 1653. The king has been beheaded. Oliver Cromwell rules England. Cromwell’s Puritan Parliament has banned Christmas, declaring it a pagan holiday. Anyone caught celebrating the Twelve Days of Christmas risks arrest.

Strong-willed and kind-hearted, Merry O'Cork is a young midwife with big problems. She is called late one night in a snowstorm to deliver the baby of Captain Javier’s wife. Tragically, his wife dies giving birth to a healthy baby boy. Merry suspects foul play. She must also fight off her ne’er-do-well husband, a gambler and rogue, face her growing attraction for the captain, and defend her reputation as a midwife.

Follow the mystery that unfolds during the 12 days of Christmas revealing many suspects with motives that keeps you guessing until the very end.
Subjects: Fiction, historical, general, Fiction, mystery & detective, general, Fiction, romance, historical, general
Places: England
Time periods: 1653