He's cultivated his reckless reputation as a way to avoid dealing with his family's businesses. Anthony has his own secret: Numbers get jumbled in his head. But when the dowager's grandson, notorious ne'er-do-well Lord Anthony Trent, requires her assistance with some tasks of his own, Olivia discovers that the charming rogue may be capable of stealing something himself-her heart. Working in a nobleman's home is the perfect guise to gather information, allowing her to exact her own justice on several wicked noblemen. No one would ever guess that Olivia Michaels, companion to an elderly dowager, is really the thief the London newspapers have nicknamed the Phantom. With the proper calculations, even a reckless rake and a secretly infamous woman can find a love they can count on. And as they reconnect, Eve and Julien may even discover there's still something merry and bright burning between them, a fire destined to be reignited-just in time for Christmas. But the weather outside is frightful, and Eve isn't one to withhold the warmth of her home, even from a cold heart. Eve is now a widow and a mother, no longer the foolish girl who believed a nobleman could love a physician's daughter. She hasn't seen her childhood sweetheart in years, and Julien's since turned into a tyrant, taking away Christmas traditions from the townspeople. Įvangeline Breckenridge never thought 'Lord Scrooge' would show up at her door. When he escapes for a ride, Julien's horse gets spooked and throws him off his saddle, leaving him wandering in the snow.
The former 'Naughty Earl' would prefer to focus on maintaining his family's holdings rather than be stuck at his mother's annual Christmas party, with her endless parade of debutantes.
Julien Caruthers, the Earl of Dartmore, isn't in the Christmas spirit. But can the magic of Christmas and a second chance at romance open an earl's heart to love?
Some lords prefer scandalous affairs over marriage.
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