His Housekeeper's Christmas Wish. Louise Allen

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Название His Housekeeper's Christmas Wish
Автор произведения Louise Allen
Жанр Исторические любовные романы
Серия Mills & Boon Historical
Издательство Исторические любовные романы
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       Bachelors for life!

      Friends since school, brothers in arms, bachelors for life!

      At least that’s what The Four Disgraces—Alex Tempest, Grant Rivers, Cris de Feaux and Gabriel Stone—believe. But when they meet four feisty women who are more than a match for their wild ways these Lords are tempted to renounce bachelordom for good.

      Don’t miss this dazzling new quartet by

       Louise Allen

      Read Alex Tempest’s story in

      His Housekeeper’s Christmas Wish

      And Grant Rivers’s story in

      His Christmas Countess Coming December 2015

      Look out for Cris and Gabriel’s stories, coming soon!

      Enter the world of four close friends: aristocrats known in their university days as The Four Disgraces, now very much grown up—and considerably more dangerous! This is the story of the first of them, Alex Tempest, Viscount Weybourn, a man hiding a wounded heart behind a cynical façade. Alex would never describe himself as a knight errant, but when he rescues Tess Ellery from her personal dragons he finds his self-sufficiency is no protection against a woman determined to heal those wounds—and even make him love Christmas in the process of turning his life upside down. As for his heart… Well, you’ll have to read the book to find out!

      Next month will bring His Christmas Countess, the story of the second friend, Grant Rivers, who acquires a title and a new family all in the course of one very dark Christmas. And still to come are the stories of the other two—cool, reserved Cris de Feaux, Marquess of Avenmore, a man who has no intention of allowing any woman anywhere near his broken heart, and rake, gambler and walking scandal Gabriel Stone, Earl of Edenbridge, who would deny he even has a heart to be broken.

      I hope you enjoy discovering how my four heroes discover the loves of their lives as much as I enjoyed writing their stories.

      His Housekeeper’s Christmas Wish

      Louise Allen

       www.millsandboon.co.uk

      LOUISE ALLEN loves immersing herself in history. She finds landscapes and places evoke the past powerfully. Venice, Burgundy and the Greek islands are favourite destinations. Louise lives on the Norfolk coast and spends her spare time gardening, researching family history or travelling in search of inspiration. Visit her at louiseallenregency.co.uk,@LouiseRegency and janeaustenslondon.com.

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      Contents

       Cover

       Title Page

       About the Author

       Dedication

       Chapter Six

       Chapter Seven

       Chapter Eight

       Chapter Nine

       Chapter Ten

       Chapter Eleven

       Chapter Twelve

       Chapter Thirteen

       Chapter Fourteen

       Chapter Fifteen

       Chapter Sixteen

       Chapter Seventeen

       Chapter Eighteen

       Chapter Nineteen

       Chapter Twenty

       Chapter Twenty-One

       Chapter Twenty-Two

       Chapter Twenty-Three

       Epilogue

       Extract

       Copyright

      Alex Tempest did not normally trample nuns underfoot, nor anyone else, come to that. Alexander James Vernon Tempest, Viscount Weybourn, prized control, elegance, grace and athleticism—under all normal circumstances.

      Skidding round corners on the ice-slick cobblestones of Ghent, however, was not normal, not in the gloomy light of the late-November afternoon with his mind occupied by thoughts of warm fires, good friends and rum punch.

      The