Download or read book Almost Christmas in Connecticut written by Aileen Fish and published by Aspendawn Press. This book was released on 2023-10-06 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Can a wounded warrior learn to trust her celebrity chef crush after discovering his secret? Horrified to learn that her young niece has arranged for her to visit a video blogger she’s never heard of, Winnefred “Fred” Carmichael is guilted into agreeing to the trip. Seeing how handsome he is in his videos doesn’t hurt in making her decision. Tanner Frost is a phony. He is only the front man for his aunt’s cooking, so he’s shocked to find out she invited some soldier to spend Christmas at the family farm. He’s even more shocked to discover Fred is a woman. A beautiful, intriguing woman. Can he keep her from discovering the truth behind his cooking while he’s falling too quickly for her charms?
Download or read book White Oak Christmas written by Aileen Fish and published by Aspendawn Press. This book was released on 2023-11-29 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: White Oak is a small town where everyone knows everyone, which can make finding someone to love tough. Everyone knows your business and no one minds their own. These three novellas bring you second chances, first loves, and family, all wrapped into sweet, kisses-only love stories. Christmas in White Oak Nick Randolph has avoided Christmas since the death of his wife, but his four-year-old daughter insists he stays with her at his parent’s home for the holidays. He finally must confront his past and the woman he let get away. A tale of first love, self-forgiveness, and the importance of family and friendship. Cruising into Christmas How can a kiss that never happened lead to love with another guy? When Lauren Dibenadetto is caught on the kiss cam refusing a proposal, she doesn’t realize life as she knows it is gone, at least for a little while. Who knew so many people watched hockey? Or posted on social media. Or made such instant judgements without knowing the details? At least she’s going on a long cruise, so hopefully by the time she returns home, this will have all blown over. Ryan Frost doesn’t recognize the girl on the kiss cam on TV, but his brother says she’s the maid of honor in his upcoming wedding. Ryan can’t wait to get the details on this proposal and refusal. He has no way of knowing that moment on TV will have him playing knight in shining armor, and the effect Lauren will have on his life. Is there love in his future? Almost Christmas in Connecticut Can a wounded warrior learn to trust her celebrity chef crush after discovering his secret? Horrified to learn that her young niece has arranged for her to visit a video blogger she’s never heard of, Winnefred “Fred” Carmichael is guilted into agreeing to the trip. Seeing how handsome he is in his videos doesn’t hurt in making her decision. Tanner Frost is a phony. He is only the front man for his aunt’s cooking, so he’s shocked to find out she invited some soldier to spend Christmas at the family farm. He’s even more shocked to discover Fred is a woman. A beautiful, intriguing woman. Can he keep her from discovering the truth behind his cooking while he’s falling too quickly for her charms?
Download or read book Christmas in White Oak written by Aileen Fish and published by Aspendawn Press. This book was released on 2023-10-06 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nick Randolph has avoided Christmas since the death of his wife, but his four-year-old daughter insists he stay with her at his parents’ home for the holidays. He finally must confront his past and the woman he let get away. A tale of first love, self-forgiveness, and the importance of family and friendship.
Download or read book A Beau for Christmas written by Aileen Fish and published by Aspendawn Press. This book was released on 2023-11-29 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A secret author of romantic adventures meets his biggest fan, and neither of them knows it. While her aunt’s companion is out of town, Lady Evie Sinclair comes to stay with her, knowing her aunt is a notorious matchmaker. To be honest, she wouldn’t mind falling in love if the right man appeared, but as yet, they’ve all been missing a mysterious something that she can’t name. She fears that until she determines what that missing quality is, she has no hope of finding true love. Her aunt’s young doctor, Bertie Walsingham, is secretly the writer of children’s books about a boy knight who slays dragons and keeps his town safe. Evie has been writing to him for a few years since she read his first book. They’ve grown close through the letters, but each thinks they’re writing to an elderly person. Will their bond over children’s literature prove to be the only love they share, or will their story find its happy ending?
Download or read book The Incorrigible Mr Lumley written by Aileen Fish and published by Aspendawn Press. This book was released on 2022-03-13 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stubborn. Hard-headed. Single-minded. The qualities that make David Lumley a successful horse breeder are put to work befriending Lady Joanna Hurst with less than noble intentions. He’s tenacious in his pursuit of the answers he seeks. Lady Joanna falls fast and hard for the handsome, witty and charming Mr. Lumley after her brother’s ultimatum to find a husband by the end of the Season. He is everything she imagined a husband could be, and more. Blissfully unaware of the conflict between their fathers, she believes he’ll declare his love soon. Then she overhears a conversation between Mr. Lumley and her brother, and all of Mr. Lumley’s tenacity will be needed if he’s to win back her heart.
Download or read book Captain Lumley s Angel written by Aileen Fish and published by Aspendawn Press. This book was released on 2015-11-02 with total page 87 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Captain Samuel Lumley is proud to follow in his cousin’s footsteps and serve king and country in the cavalry. Wounded in the Battle of Waterloo, he is cared for by an angel in the form of his lieutenant’s wife. A promise to his dying comrade leaves Sam with the responsibility of seeing to the safety of the lieutenant’s widow, Mrs. Ellen Staverton. Upon their return to England, Ellen finds herself homeless and in need of employment. When Sam’s mother offers her a temporary home with the family, Ellen quickly grows too fond of them and Sam in particular. She must find a position before she falls for him, which would dishonor the memory of her dead husband. Night terrors of the slaughters he survived have left Sam an empty husk of a man. He has little to offer a woman beyond his name and income so he won’t think of marriage, but the only joy in his life is the laughter of his angel, Ellen. Can he heal his inner wounds before she is gone from his life completely?
Download or read book To Captivate the Viscount written by Aileen Fish and published by Aspendawn Press. This book was released on 2024-03-05 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Revenge is a dish best-served cold… Or is it? These wallflowers are about to find out, as they plot against those most deserving. Can society handle a wallflower’s revenge? Or will their targets topple one by one? CeCe Dixon is tired of being overlooked, and when the militia arrives at the nearby training camp, she decides to set an example for her younger sisters and find herself a husband. She won’t settle for just any husband, either, he must be kind, handsome, and madly in love with her. Justin, Viscount Stavely, is at first flattered by Cece’s flirtations, and soon finds himself under her spell. He’s falling quickly—until one night he finds her in a passionate embrace with another man. Rather than let his fellow soldiers know how deeply he’s hurt, he withdraws from the many social activities in the nearby town. CeCe is devastated that Stavely would believe her capable of such an indiscretion, and when she learns someone deliberately mislead the viscount, she vows revenge. Nothing will stop her from discovering who did this and disgracing him somehow. And nothing will stop her from convincing Stavely she loves only him, and his best future will be with her at his side.
Download or read book Earl of Basingstoke Wicked Earls Club written by Aileen Fish and published by Aspendawn Press. This book was released on 2022-03-13 with total page 121 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lady Phoebe Woodson dreams of being a writer, and practices daily in her secret diary. The hero in all of her tales is one Nathan Carruthers, Earl of Basingstoke. The rumors surrounding his wicked assignations are beyond anything she could dream of, and once enhanced by her wild imaginings, she’s created a lover no man could live up to. Basingstoke has ignored the rumors about his romantic scandals for the most part, accepting them as part of being a single gentleman with a title. In one way, it’s kept the marriage-minded mothers from thrusting their daughters into his reach. Although a staunch member of the Wicked Earls’ Club and enjoying his carefree ways, he admits he’s reached an age when he would like to marry. Luckily, those supposed scandals aren’t keeping away the woman he’s grown to love--Lady Phoebe. When Basingstoke discovers Lady Phoebe’s diary, he blames her for creating the rumors. Hurt to the bone, he wants nothing more to do with her. Heartbroken, she goes in search of the real rumormonger. Can she prove her innocence and regain Basingstoke’s love?
Download or read book Soaring into His Heart written by Aileen Fish and published by Aspendawn Press. This book was released on 2023-10-06 with total page 111 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Molly Hazard dreams of two things: competing at the top level in snowboarding and opening a training center for kids to learn both skateboarding and snowboarding. She’s been saving her winnings to buy the land she’d been using for the past few years, and this season will be her best yet. The last thing she needs is the distraction of her idol and crush Chad Bell. Who knew he even knows who she is? World Snowboarding Champion Chad Bell bought the perfect piece of land to practice snowboarding tricks and looks forward to having a private place to train for the Olympics. Then he rescues Molly in a snowstorm and his thoughts turn to the future, beyond competition. He’s sworn to never fall in love again, never put a woman through a life of waiting for him to return from another competition. But Molly isn’t like other women, and she’s getting under his skin. How can he get her out of his head?
Download or read book The Cowgirl and the Geek written by Aileen Fish and published by Aspendawn Press. This book was released on 2023-10-05 with total page 107 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On the verge of seeing her dream of opening her own restaurant become a reality, Katie Wooten questions her brother’s motives when he enlists the aid of his friend, Juan Diego Santiago, for the renovations on her bar and grill. The guy’s known as a player. She doesn’t need his drama. Katie’s life is all about cooking, and no man is going to distract her from making her business a success. Oh, but this temptation is so distracting. So handsome. She’ll have to use the same determination she puts into the renovations to convince him to find someone else. She doesn’t have time for love.
Download or read book The Viscount s Sweet Temptation written by Aileen Fish and published by Aspendawn Press. This book was released on 2023-10-04 with total page 91 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lady Harriet Thornhill knows the summons from her grandfather means he’s decided whom she must marry. Determined that she’d only marry a man of her choosing, she stows away in her friend’s father’s carriage, only to find herself alone with young Archibald Napier,Viscount Morley. Morley’s plans for a quiet Christmas vanish when he discovers the sweet young lady hiding under the blankets in his carriage. As she claims an acquaintance with his sister, he feels duty-bound to see her safely back to her family. A broken carriage wheel leaves them stranded, and Harriet’s reputation is at stake. Morley’s not ready to take a wife, until he’s told he wouldn’t be a suitable husband for her. With memories of her sweet, tempting kiss filling his thoughts, he prepares to fight for the hand of the woman he believes he could love.
Download or read book Earl of Woodcliffe written by Aileen Fish and published by Aspendawn Press. This book was released on 2023-10-11 with total page 101 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A wicked game. Bored with yet another London Season, Lady Mercy Spencer and her friends challenge each other to steal a kiss from one of a select number of rogues, preferably as wicked a man as possible. Who better to choose among than the members of the elite club known as The Wicked Earls? A tempting distraction. When his finances take a crashing blow, William Young, Eighth Earl of Woodcliffe has little choice but to lie low while he searches for the man who stole all his money. As he hunts down Eli Grainger--dodging those to whom he owes money all the while--he realizes he’s being pursued, too, by one Lady Mercy Spencer. Of all the young ladies in Town for the Season, Lady Mercy is the most dangerous, owing to her overprotective brother. She’s determined to trap him in a scandal, it seems. As beautiful as she is sly, avoiding her could prove more difficult than restoring his funds. Why won’t she find some other poor sod to marry and allow him to continue his glorious, hedonistic ways?
Download or read book Warming the Cowboy s Heart written by Aileen Fish and published by Aspendawn Press. This book was released on 2023-10-05 with total page 77 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cheyenne Miller is at wit’s end with one of the kids on her rodeo team, and she feels sorry for anyone who falls for his father Mike. Then she falls for Mike. Technically, she’s had a crush on him forever, but working beside him every day makes it impossible to ignore her feelings. Too bad he doesn’t return them. Mike McCallum is overly protective of his adopted son, he’ll admit it, and the desire to protect the boy’s feelings has kept Mike from considering dating again, much less falling in love. But something changes between him and Chey, and the part of his heart he’s kept hidden reawakens. Can he trust Chey enough to let her in?
Download or read book The Duke the Wallflower and the Holly Tree written by Aileen Fish and published by Aspendawn Press. This book was released on with total page 87 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Four years ago, Gabriel Preston, Duke of Beckhampton prepared to ask for the hand of his love, Lady Eliza Clayton. Then she vanished. Rumors ran rampant through Polite Society, each one suggestion a different theory, yet all resulted in the same conclusion: Lady Eliza didn’t love him. Vowing never to bare his soul to a woman again, Beck locked himself away on his estate. After protesting, cajoling, and crying daily for four years, Lady Eliza has finally convinced her mother to allow them to return to England from Boston, where they’d been “visiting” family. She knew the true reason for their voyage, despite Mama’s denials. Her parents refused to allow her to marry the Duke of Beckhampton. Yet after all this time apart, Eliza still loved him. Beck is shocked when Eliza appears in Society once more, and even more surprised to discover he desires her after all the pain she caused him. He's feeling the spirit of the Christmas season for the first time in years. Falling under her spell, he plans to profess his love when she vanishes yet again.
Download or read book No Mistletoe Required written by Aileen Fish and published by Aspendawn Press. This book was released on 2023-10-04 with total page 77 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Still reeling from her major disappointment of the past Season in London, Lady Barbara Graves panics when she receives her summons to spend Christmas with her notorious matchmaking great-uncle The Duke of Danby. She’d expected Lord Aaron Harlow to propose to her before the end of the season, but he went off to India without a word. Having asked her brother to write Lord Aaron, she’s certain he’ll arrive in time to save her from marrying whatever dupe her uncle has chosen for her. Theo Jardine is an investing genius whom Danby admires, although he’s the youngest grandson of an earl and never likely to inherit. He accepts the duke’s invitation to visit Danby Castle but plans to spend the holidays with his own family. When he realizes there’s matchmaking going on—and he’s a target—he tries to leave, but Danby dangles a carrot in front of him: an offer to front the entire scheme. Theo isn’t Aaron, but Barbara’s attraction grows the more time she spends with him at the castle. Then she discovers her uncle is bribing Theo to marry her. Will she ever find true love with a man who loves her in return?
Download or read book The Duke s Scandalous Kisses written by Aileen Fish and published by Aspendawn Press. This book was released on with total page 115 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When William Foster, 8th Duke of Everleigh, sees his friend, Mrs. Julia Tilney, napping in an alcove, he can’t stop himself from stealing a kiss. He’s shocked, and more than a bit intrigued, when the young lady turns out to be her aunt, Lady Lorna Chatburn. Having witnessed what the loss of a spouse does to those left behind, Lorna has sworn to never marry, never even fall in love. Ignoring the excitement stirred by the duke’s stolen kisses each time she sees him, she tells herself she’s not falling for him. But then she does. And she still tells him she can never be his wife. Can Everleigh show her how life as his duchess is the only life for her?
Download or read book His Impassioned Proposal written by Aileen Fish and published by Aspendawn Press. This book was released on 2022-03-01 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stephen Lumley returns from battle wounded and jaded, only to find his home life had been changed forever. Drowning his sorrows in liquor, he mistakenly blurts out his impassioned proposal to his sweetheart, Jane. Lady Jane Marwick fears she has wasted her love on the wrong man, and allows her mother to convince her to plan another London Season to find a husband. The only certainty in Stephen’s life is his need for Jane’s love. Now Stephen only has a few months to convince himself and Jane he is worthy of her, before she’s off to London to find a man who is.
