A Candlelit Regency Christmas: His Housekeeper's Christmas Wish

A Candlelit Regency Christmas: His Housekeeper's Christmas Wish
Louise Allen

His Housekeeper’s Christmas WishResolute bachelor Alexander Tempest, Viscount Weybourn, accidentally collided with penniless, curvy Tess Ellery on the icy streets of Ghent but he did his indolent best to make amends. But Tess is left stranded, so Alex is honour-bound to take her home…as his housekeeper! And, despite his long-held rule of spending Christmas alone, Tess’s warmth soon has this brooding Lord determined to make all her wishes come true!His Christmas CountessGrant Rivers, Earl of Allundale, is desperate to get home to his son in time for Christmas. But when he stumbles upon a gentlewoman all alone in a tumbledown shack, having a baby, it’s his duty to help her. Grant knows all too well the risks of childbirth and, once he’s saved her life, he is determined to save Kate’s reputation too…if she will consent to marrying a stranger on Christmas Day!

A Candlelit Regency Christmas

His Housekeeper’s Christmas WishHis Christmas Countess

Louise Allen

www.millsandboon.co.uk (http://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 (http://twitter.com/@LouiseRegency) and janeaustenslondon.com (http://www.janeaustenslondon.com)

For the Hartland Quay-istas – Linda, Jenny, Lesley, Catherine and Janet – with love

Table of Contents

Cover (#u8d3b9a04-2c33-55b7-999d-98ed7f9b0e64)

Title Page (#u614483b1-c210-507f-b1d3-fcf8dd188f8e)

About the Author (#u4d3883bd-d5a7-58b3-994f-65f9a0deb247)

Dedication (#ue16c0309-2ecb-5ddc-8554-5eb4e4d52232)

His Housekeeper’s Christmas Wish (#u7fcaa476-188d-5f2b-96e3-984180d9efa4)

Chapter One (#ulink_ff2a6034-96bd-5938-b11e-2a4185868129)

Chapter Two (#ulink_27c0295b-9a09-5f9a-abe5-1ed7e88090e0)

Chapter Three (#ulink_b58e994f-2a0e-5636-bccc-40daaf336d34)

Chapter Four (#ulink_81ccab6b-fb54-5261-82f9-77839fbee34f)

Chapter Five (#ulink_062fc61d-1939-59cc-b9a5-f81073b9da73)

Chapter Six (#ulink_4d9878ce-b127-56f9-97ef-c74150ff4176)

Chapter Seven (#ulink_c8bc85ca-20b3-5959-bb3a-3c95946bd652)

Chapter Eight (#ulink_d786e152-6a85-5ad5-a8a0-7aa3741623ea)

Chapter Nine (#ulink_5c3bfe86-fed3-5877-a5ff-c90d2a52a8aa)

Chapter Ten (#ulink_46d48288-b266-5196-bfd8-d5d60a77d618)

Chapter Eleven (#ulink_ab51c6c2-53e0-5a80-bae1-f81dd180293c)

Chapter Twelve (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Thirteen (#litres_trial_promo)

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Chapter Fifteen (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Sixteen (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Seventeen (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Eighteen (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Nineteen (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Twenty (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Twenty-One (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Twenty-Two (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Twenty-Three (#litres_trial_promo)

Epilogue (#litres_trial_promo)

His Christmas Countess (#litres_trial_promo)

Back Cover Text (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter One (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Two (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Three (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Four (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Five (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Six (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Seven (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Eight (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Nine (#litres_trial_promo)

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