Miss Lottie's Christmas Protector. Sophia James

      

      A Christmas mission…

       …with the scarred and brooding gentleman!

      Part of Secrets of a Victorian Household. Working in her family’s charity foundation for destitute women, caring but impulsive Miss Lottie Fairclough is desperately trying to find a missing woman. She’s roped in family acquaintance Mr. Jasper King to help her, having been equally impressed and annoyed when he rescued her from perilous danger. As she gets to know the injured entrepreneur, it seems he needs her just as much…

      SOPHIA JAMES lives in Chelsea Bay, on Auckland New Zealand’s North Shore, with her husband who is an artist. She has a degree in English and History from Auckland University and believes her love of writing was formed by reading Georgette Heyer in the holidays at her grandmother’s house. Sophia enjoys getting feedback at facebook.com/sophiajamesauthor.

       Also by Sophia James

      Gentlemen of Honour miniseries

      A Night of Secret Surrender

      A Proposition for the Comte

      The Cinderella Countess

      Secrets of a Victorian Household collection

      Miss Lottie’s Christmas Protector by Sophia James

      And look out for the next books

      Miss Amelia’s Mistletoe Marquess by Jenni Fletcher

      Mr Fairclough’s Inherited Bride by Georgie Lee

      Lilian and the Irresistible Duke by Virginia Heath

      Coming soon

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      Miss Lottie’s Christmas Protector

      Sophia James

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      ISBN: 978-1-474-08950-0

      MISS LOTTIE’S CHRISTMAS PROTECTOR

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      Published in Great Britain 2019

      by Mills & Boon, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 1 London Bridge Street, London, SE1 9GF

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      Thank you Jenni Fletcher, Georgie Lee

      and Virginia Heath, for making this series such an easy

      and fun one to write together. You were all generous

      with your replies and accommodating of any changes.

      Contents

       Cover

       Back Cover Text

       About the Author

       Booklist

       Title Page

       Copyright

      Note to Readers

       Dedication

       Prologue

       Chapter One

       Chapter Two

       Chapter Three

       Chapter Four

       Chapter Five

       Chapter Six

       Chapter Seven

       Chapter Eight

       Chapter Nine

       Chapter Ten