When honor meets love, sparks ignite... just in time for Christmas.
Colonel Nicholas Montgomery made a dying promise on a Spanish battlefield: protect Lieutenant Somerville's family at all costs. But when Nick arrives in England to fulfill that vow, he never expects to find Catherine Somerville—a fiercely independent woman who's been holding her family together through sheer determination and doesn't need rescuing.
Catherine has weathered scandal, financial ruin, and the weight of raising her younger siblings alone. When a battle-scarred colonel appears with devastating news and an even more shocking proposal—a marriage of convenience to save her family's home—duty demands she accept. But neither she nor Nick anticipate the blazing attraction that ignites between them... or how hard it will be to keep their hearts safe.
As Christmas approaches, meddling relatives, mischievous siblings, and Nick's war demons threaten to derail their carefully constructed arrangement. But perhaps the greatest Christmas gift isn't the one they bargained for—it's the love they never expected to find.
A warm and witty Regency romance filled with sparkling banter, heartfelt emotion, wounded hero healing, and festive holiday magic.
