Download or read book A Jane Austen Christmas written by Maria Grace and published by . This book was released on 2014-11-12 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many Christmas traditions and images of 'old fashioned' holidays are based on Victorian celebrations. Going back just a little further, to the beginning of the 19th century, the holiday Jane Austen knew would have looked distinctly odd to modern sensibilities. How odd? Families rarely decorated Christmas trees. Festivities centered on socializing instead of gift-giving. Festivities focused on adults, with children largely consigned to the nursery. Holiday events, including balls, parties, dinners, and even weddings celebrations, started a week before Advent and extended all the way through to Twelfth Night in January. Take a step into history with Maria Grace as she explores the traditions, celebrations, games and foods that made up Christmastide in Jane Austen's era. Packed with information and rich with detail from period authors, Maria Grace transports the reader to a longed-for old fashioned Christmas. Non-fiction

Download or read book A Regency Christmas Feast written by Mary Balogh and published by Signet. This book was released on 1996 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A treasury of five original Christmas stories presents works by Mary Balogh, Sandra Heath, Edith Layton, Barbara Metzger, and Patricia Rice, who tells of a woman who must decide whether to defy her father's wishes for a second chance at love. Original.

Download or read book A Regency Christmas Feast written by and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book It s a Wonderful Regency Christmas written by Edith Layton and published by Untreed Reads. This book was released on 2019-11-26 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The magic of the holiday season comes alive with six winning Regency romance stories by a master of the genre. Originally published in separate anthologies, and out-of-print for many years, these Christmas-themed novellas by legendary Regency romance author Edith Layton are in one volume for the first time ever! This collection includes the following stories: The Duke’s Progress It’s a Wonderful Christmas The Gingerbread Man The Last Gift The Amiable Miser Dogstar

Download or read book A Regency Christmas written by Lyn Stone and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2009-10-15 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Three delightful tales of hope, comfort, and stolen kisses under the mistletoe . . . Scarlet Ribbons by Lyn Stone Captain Alexander Napier is battle scarred—from war and from life. For him, yuletide is just a reminder of all that he's lost. Can enchanting Amalie Harlowe restore light into the festive season . . . and reignite the passion in his heart? “Stone has an apt hand with dialogue.”—Publishers Weekly Christmas Promise by RITA Award-winning author Carla Kelly Now that peace has broken out, Captain Jeremiah Faulk is at odds over what to do this Christmas, let alone with his life. Until a simple act of charity reunites him with his lost love—Ianthe Mears. “A powerful and wonderfully perceptive author.” —Mary Jo Putney A Little Christmas by Gail Ranstrom Tending to a houseful of grieving relatives isn't Viscount Selwick's idea of a merry Christmas. But one stolen kiss under the mistletoe with spirited Sophia Pettibone is about to change everything! “Ranstrom . . . has both writing talent and original ideas.” —The Romance Reader

Download or read book A Magical Regency Christmas written by Edith Layton and published by Untreed Reads. This book was released on 2022-10-25 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The long-awaited third anthology of Edith Layton’s Regency romance Christmas stories includes four enchanting holiday tales. Originally published in separate anthologies, and out-of-print for many years, these holiday novellas by legendary Regency romance author Edith Layton are in one volume for the first time ever! This collection includes the following stories: The Christmas Thief High Spirits Best Wishes The Two Dancing Daughters

Download or read book A Regency Holiday written by Rebecca Hagan Lee and published by BelleBooks. This book was released on 2011-10-31 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: FOUR Favorite Regency Authors -- THREE never-before-in-print Christmas novellas -- ONE beloved classic now back in print . . . and a partridge in a pear tree . . . In Coventry's Christmas, Rebecca Hagan Lee offers a charming new story. With Christmas approaching, Amabel Thurston is ordered from the family home by her father's widow and must seek the protection of her guardian, Deverel Brookfield, eighth Marquess of Coventry. Unfortunately, the Devil of Coventry has little use for Christmas and even less for proper young ladies. In the never-in-print Star of Wonder, Lynn Kerstan brings her special brand of magic to the page when an exotic and dangerous stranger arrives to disrupt the meager Christmas of Stella Bryar, who has struggled to support the family retainers in the wake of her father's death. Allison Lane's newest Christmas treat is A Christmas Homecoming. When prodigal son Alex Northcote returns from a six year absence to take control of the family estate, he must run a gauntlet of possible brides, who have all been installed for a holiday house party by his determined grandmother. Avoiding the trap would have been so much easier, if the guest list hadn't included a quiet widow, who once jilted him for another. In the classic Home for Christmas, Alicia Rasley gives us a Christmas with a bit of intrigue. When Verity receives an unexpected invitation from her estranged father to spend the holidays at his Cornwall estate, she accepts with delight. But, ever mindful of her father's attention to propriety, she must scramble to find a husband and "father" for her fatherless child. Could a handsome and enigmatic stranger solve all her problems?

Download or read book A Very Regency Christmas written by Brenda Hiatt and published by Brenda Hiatt. This book was released on 2020-11-09 with total page 975 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A heartwarming holiday collection of Hiatt Regency romances! Christmas Promises (novella) Lord Vandover regrets his promise to wed by Christmas until he meets the lovely Miss Holly Paxton. Holly finds the handsome Marquess so serious, she makes a promise, too: to bring joy and laughter into his life. Christmas Bride A whirlwind courtship, a Christmas wedding, and Holly’s life seems full of promise until her attempt to become a heroine in her own right ends in a terrible conflict of loyalties that could wreck her marriage! Gallant Scoundrel What secret in Harry’s past changed a celebrated war hero into a drunken wastrel? Is he already too far along the path to ruin, or can becoming the next Saint of Seven Dials–and the love of the right woman–transform him back into the man he always had the potential to become? The Runaway Heiress Dina’s inheritance will go to her wastrel brother unless she marries—quickly! While attempting an elopement, she rescues a naïve young lady from a fortune hunter. When the young lady’s grateful, eligible brother asks Dina to name her reward, she demands marriage. Can the spirit of Christmas turn this marriage of inconvenience into a love match?

Download or read book A Regency Christmas Carol written by Christine Merrill and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2011-10-18 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Born into poverty, Joseph Stratford's clever mind has made him a rich mill owner, but he has earned himself a wicked reputation among the villagers of Fiddleton. Only firebrand Barbara Lampett can see beyond the cold heart of this gentleman in disguise. When visited by ghosts of Christmas past, present and future Joseph is brought down to earth with three thumps But as the clock strikes midnight on Christmas Eve, has Joseph left it too late to claim the beautiful Barbara and enjoy learning the most delicious Christmas lesson of all?

Download or read book Regency Christmas Parties written by Annie Burrows and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2022-11-29 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Three festive Regency stories in one collection An invitation to… Three seasonal Society parties! In Invitation to a Wedding by Annie Burrows, Clara’s immersed in a glamorous aristocratic wedding, but it’s captivating Lieutenant Hugo who sweeps her off her feet. In Snowbound with the Earl by Lara Temple, Bella makes an unlikely ally of forbidding Lord Deverill to thwart an elopement—and gets stranded with him for Christmas! In A Kiss at the Winter Ball by Joanna Johnson, Maria’s rescued from a snowstorm by Viscount Stanford, and receives a life-changing invitation. From Harlequin Historical: Your romantic escape to the past.

Download or read book Once Upon a Regency Christmas written by Louise Allen and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2016-11-01 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THREE REGENCY HEROES IN DISGUISE. THREE CHRISTMAS NOVELLAS TO WARM YOUR HEART! ON A WINTER'S EVE by Louise Allen Snowbound together, Lady Julia Chalcott and Captain Giles Markham try to fight temptation. But, as Christmas draws closer, their attraction proves too strong to resist! MARRIAGE MADE AT CHRISTMAS by Sophia James Christine Howard's frozen heart melts as she gets to know her new bodyguard. How can a man so scarred and mysterious make her feel so safe…? CINDERELLA'S PERFECT CHRISTMAS by Annie Burrows Shy Alice Waverly's kiss with Captain Jack Grayling makes her wonder if he—and his little children—could be the Christmas miracle she's always dreamed of…

Download or read book A Regency Christmas Carol written by Mary Balogh and published by Signet Book. This book was released on 1997 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ring in a joyous holiday season as five of romance's most beloved Regency authors bring readers this special melodious collection! Mary Balogh, Anne Barbour, Elisabeth Fairchild, Carla Kelly and Edith Layton weave these spectacular song-inspired tales, capturing the true spirit of the holidays: the giving and receiving of the gift of love.

Download or read book Darcy s Christmas Wish A Pride and Prejudice Variation A sweet Christmas Regency romance for Jane Austen fans written by Penelope Swan and published by Wisheart Press. This book was released on 2015-11-10 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fitzwilliam Darcy never forgot the little girl, with the beautiful dark eyes, who saved his life fifteen years ago… though he never expected to meet her again. But when he comes to Rosings Park to spend the Advent season with his aunt, he discovers that at Christmastime, miracles - and wishes – can come true… DARCY'S CHRISTMAS WISH is a sweet, clean standalone Pride and Prejudice variation romance, inspired by Jane Austen's novel. * ALSO BY THE SAME AUTHOR: DARCY'S WAGER DARCY REVEALED The DARK DARCY series: - The Netherfield Affair (Book 1) - Intrigue at the Ball (Book 2) - The Poisoned Proposal (Book 3) - Secrets at Pemberley (Book 4) KEYWORDS: free, free book, free ebook, freebie, Pride and Prejudice variation, Jane Austen fan fiction, Mr Darcy Elizabeth Bennet fanfiction, 18th century 19th century Regency romance, Pemberley Mr Darcy, Pride and Prejudice sequel, Jane Austen variation Pride and Prejudice variation, Jane Austen inspired books, British stories set in England, Regency fiction, historical romance, Britain, historical romantic suspense, clean and wholesome romance, sweet romance, holiday romance, Christmas romance, holiday story

Download or read book Regency Reunions at Christmas written by Diane Gaston and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2023-11-28 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Three festive Regency second-chance romances in one volume 'Tis the season… For three reunion romances! In The Major's Christmas Return by Diane Gaston: at her friend’s house for Christmas, Caroline’s shocked her fellow houseguest is Major Nashfield—who left her at the altar! In A Proposal for the Penniless Lady by Laura Martin: Isobel’s always regretted obeying her father and turning down Thomas’s proposal. Now that he’s back for Christmas, is this their second chance? And in Her Duke Under the Mistletoe by Helen Dickson: Sophie is stunned by her convenient husband Tristan’s return—and their thrilling new attraction… From Harlequin Historical: Your romantic escape to the past.

Download or read book Regency Christmas Wishes written by Edith Layton and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2012-12-11 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A classic Signet Regency Romance Christmas-themed collection FIVE MASTER STORYTELLERS RING IN THE SEASON WITH WARMTH, CHEER, AND LOVE… REGENCY CHRISTMAS WISHES Sandra Heath’s “Merry Magpie”—a bird as noisy as he is nosy—has a bad habit of screeching secrets, turning his masters against each other. But Yuletide has a way of warming hearts, even those of the feathered persuasion. The memory of one kiss from an elfin girl is enough to warm an Irish sailor for many chilly nights. Home for the holidays, he’ll do whatever it takes to get his love—now prim and staid—under the mistletoe, in Emma Jensen’s “Following Yonder Star.” A confirmed bachelor cannot forgive himself for a long-ago sin—that is, until his niece’s educator teaches him a thing or two about Christmas in Carla Kelly’s “Let Nothing You Dismay.” In Edith Layton’s “Best Wishes,” a pair of newlyweds discovers—during their first quarrel over holiday plans—that making up is indeed the best gift they can share. A down-at-the-heels benefactor finds that a single penny—his last—is worth more than riches when it brings him face-to-face with a breathtakingly beautiful Christmas angel in “The Lucky Coin” by Barbara Metzger. Don't miss these other Signet Regency Romance Intermix titles, available in digital format: A Homespun Regency Christmas Minor Indiscretions by Barbara Metzger And these, available digitally for the first time: Mally by Sandra Heath The Lady’s Companion by Carla Kelly

Download or read book An Enchanted Christmas written by Barbara Metzger and published by Untreed Reads. This book was released on 2014-11-13 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Give the gift of love this holiday season with five romantic, magical Christmas stories—and feel as if you've just been kissed beneath the mistletoe. Originally published in separate anthologies, and out of print for many years, these Christmas-themed novellas by legendary Regency romance author Barbara Metzger are in one volume for the first time ever! The spirits of a knight and his lady must help their descendant find a bride in order to break The Christmas Curse. A lord without a fortune becomes an unwilling guardian to an orphaned girl when he provides A Home for Hannah. A down-at-the-heels benefactor finds that a single penny—his last—is worth more than riches when it brings him face-to-face with a breathtakingly beautiful Christmas angel in The Lucky Coin. On the most magical night of the year, a practical young widow makes a wish. When fate sends her an old magician claiming to be The Enchanted Earl of her dreams—and wanting a kiss—she wonders if, just once, she should let herself believe in magic…. For Christmas, two little angels hatch devilish plans to get an elusive lord to marry their beloved guardian inWooing the Wolf.

Download or read book The Christmas Cuckoo written by Mary Jo Putney and published by Pandamax Press. This book was released on with total page 81 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A rash act, a mistaken identity, and a Christmas surprise... Major Jack Howard, a weary veteran of the Peninsular Wars, has just returned to England and intends to travel to an unwelcoming family home for Christmas. But when a pompous secretary gives him too many orders, Jack hops on the next stagecoach leaving the London inn, not caring where it’s going. Too much whisky to stave off freezing leaves him sleeping it off in a different inn—and when an attractive young woman asks if he’s Jack Howard, he happily goes home with her. Despite vile weather, Meg Lambert drives to the local inn to collect her brother’s friend Jack Howard, but since she’s never met the man, she doesn’t realize that she’s brought home the wrong Jack Howard. Jack realizes her mistake when he awakes the next morning with an aching head—but he finds a warmth and welcome with Meg and her family that he’s yearned for all his life. He can’t bring himself to admit that he’s a cuckoo in her nest—but what will happen when Meg’s brother and the right Jack Howard turn up for Christmas? This seasonal stand-alone Regency novella is also published in the author's Christmas Revels collection.