The Last Chance Christmas Ball

Christmas 1815. Upstairs and downstairs, Holbourne Abbey is abuzz with preparations for a grand ball to celebrate the year’s most festive—and romantic—holiday. For at the top of each guest’s wish list is a last chance to find true love before the New Year… A chance meeting beneath the mistletoe, a stolen glance across the dance floor—amid 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 midnight—or 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 Beverley My True Love Hath My Heart by Joanna Bourne A Scottish Carol by Susan King Christmas Larks by Patricia Rice In the Bleak Midwinter by Mary Jo Putney Old Flames Dance by Cara Elliott A Season for Marriage by Nicola Cornick Miss Finch and the Angel by Jo Beverley Mistletoe Kisses by Anne Gracie