His Christmas Countess

His Christmas Countess
Louise Allen

A Christmas baby…Grant Rivers, Earl of Allundale, is desperate to get home in time for Christmas. But when he stumbles upon a woman all alone in a tumbledown shack, having a baby out of wedlock, it’s his duty to stay and help her. …leads to unexpected wedding vows!Grant knows all too well the risks of childbirth, and he’s witnessed enough tragedy to last a lifetime. So once he’s saved her life Grant is determined to save Kate’s reputation too…if she will consent to marrying a stranger on Christmas Day!

Lords of Disgrace (#u5a8e9f6f-c8ac-5c89-9db5-60671f58167a)

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

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

Author Note (#u5a8e9f6f-c8ac-5c89-9db5-60671f58167a)

I have been exploring the world of four quite disgraceful lords who are each going to meet their match in the very unexpected love of their life.

This time it is the turn of Grant Rivers, a man with dark secrets he keeps close to his heart. He is a man in a hurry, for very pressing reasons, but even he can’t abandon someone in even more of a hurry than he is—a young woman giving birth in a ruined bothy on the wild Scottish Borders on Christmas Eve. Grant finds himself with more than he bargained for as a result of helping Kate Harding, and I hope you enjoy finding out as much as I did what happens when two people with secrets find themselves forced to learn to trust and rely on each other.

You can meet Grant before his encounter with Kate in His Housekeeper’s Christmas Wish, the story of the first Lord of Disgrace, Alex Tempest. The next two—Cris de Feaux and Gabriel Stone—are yet to come.

His 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 (http://www.louiseallenregency.co.uk), @louiseregency (https://twitter.com/louiseregency) and janeaustenslondon.com (http://www.janeaustenslondon.com).

Contents

Cover (#u07ce24ad-4074-5b35-9359-10d8d150054c)

Lords of Disgrace

Author Note

Title Page (#u750bacba-52f3-5bab-a139-084b68c104bf)

About the Author (#udb9ec81d-c07a-5b4d-88e0-404c88c3e878)

Chapter One

Chapter Two

Chapter Three

Chapter Four

Chapter Five

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