Much to Lady Lucinda Claxton’s dismay and irritation, her father’s house party only includes bachelors ready to wed. With her siblings off celebrating Christmas elsewhere, Lucinda is left to fend for herself. A new arrival, however, changes everything, and soon Lucinda decides the next ten days may not be so tedious after all.
Mr. Caleb Copeland agrees to accompany his great-aunts to the home of the Duke of Arscott on one condition: He’ll not participate in any of the entertainments. He is simply their escort, not an invited guest. However, as much as he tries to keep his vow, his path often crosses Lady Lucinda’s while she is hiding from her court. Before long, Caleb knows none of her leaping lords will ever be worthy of her. Unfortunately, neither is he.
Genre: FICTION / Romance / Regency103 Ratings/Reviews on Amazon – average rating 4.4 / 83 ratings/reviews on Goodreads average rating 4.3
Forester Hall, England ~ December 27, 1816
“These are the gentlemen my father invited?” Lady Lucinda Claxton groaned as she let the parchment drift to her lap. The ten names had been kept from her because Father wanted no excuses nor rejections. He’d been correct in doing so because Lucinda had an objection to each lord named, yet they were to arrive at Forester Hall this afternoon.
Not even the festive greenery of holly, ivy, rosemary, and hellebore adorned with ribbons throughout the house brightened her mood as it normally did this time of year. At least there were no kissing boughs that she’d need to avoid.
“What is wrong with them?” her grandmother, the Duchess of Arscott questioned. “Your father is assured they all wish to court you in hopes of marriage.”
“I’d rather die a spinster,” Lucinda mumbled. It wasn’t that she was against marriage, she simply didn’t wish to settle. “I suppose this is what happens when the daughter of a duke remains unwed at the advanced age of two and twenty. Said Duke decides to invite bachelor lords of the realm to win the daughter’s hand and favor of the duke.”
“Now you are being melodramatic,” her grandmother chastised. “You might just find you enjoy yourself.”
“If my friends were invited, it most certainly would be enjoyable. Instead, the only people who will be in attendance include you, my father and ten lords ready to wed.” Lucinda threw up her hands in frustration. “Even my siblings have abandoned me, wishing to avoid this debacle.”
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