Four years ago, Gabriel Preston, Duke of Beckhampton prepared to ask for the hand of his love, Lady Eliza Clayton. Then she vanished. Rumors ran rampant through Polite Society, each one suggestion a different theory, yet all resulted in the same conclusion: Lady Eliza didn’t love him. Vowing never to bare his soul to a woman again, Beck locked himself away on his estate. After protesting, cajoling, and crying daily for four years, Lady Eliza has finally convinced her mother to allow them to return to England from Boston, where they’d been “visiting” family. She knew the true reason for their voyage, despite Mama’s denials. Her parents refused to allow her to marry the Duke of Beckhampton. Yet after all this time apart, Eliza still loved him. Beck is shocked when Eliza appears in Society once more, and even more surprised to discover he desires her after all the pain she caused him. He's feeling the spirit of the Christmas season for the first time in years. Falling under her spell, he plans to profess his love when she vanishes yet again.

When William Foster, 8th Duke of Everleigh, sees his friend, Mrs. Julia Tilney, napping in an alcove, he can’t stop himself from stealing a kiss. He’s shocked, and more than a bit intrigued, when the young lady turns out to be her aunt, Lady Lorna Chatburn. Having witnessed what the loss of a spouse does to those left behind, Lorna has sworn to never marry, never even fall in love. Ignoring the excitement stirred by the duke’s stolen kisses each time she sees him, she tells herself she’s not falling for him. But then she does. And she still tells him she can never be his wife. Can Everleigh show her how life as his duchess is the only life for her?

Lady Harriet Thornhill knows the summons from her grandfather means he’s decided whom she must marry. Determined that she’d only marry a man of her choosing, she stows away in her friend’s father’s carriage, only to find herself alone with young Archibald Napier,Viscount Morley. Morley’s plans for a quiet Christmas vanish when he discovers the sweet young lady hiding under the blankets in his carriage. As she claims an acquaintance with his sister, he feels duty-bound to see her safely back to her family. A broken carriage wheel leaves them stranded, and Harriet’s reputation is at stake. Morley’s not ready to take a wife, until he’s told he wouldn’t be a suitable husband for her. With memories of her sweet, tempting kiss filling his thoughts, he prepares to fight for the hand of the woman he believes he could love.

Trevor Frost has decided it’s time to find a bride. After watching his brothers marry some pretty amazing women, he sees what’s missing in his life. And he knows just how to find her—a trip to the tropics like the other Frost men did. Nicole Clark was excited to be meeting the man she’d gotten to know online, but when he cancels on their trip to St. Croix, she’ll just enjoy her vacation without a man. But a guy who sings the old romantic standards, claims to have an inner leprechaun and looks like every male fantasy date rolled into one does his best to see that she’s not alone and having fun. He seems too good to be true until his moody side appears. Why can’t she just walk away and forget him?

On the verge of seeing her dream of opening her own restaurant become a reality, Katie Wooten questions her brother’s motives when he enlists the aid of his friend, Juan Diego Santiago, for the renovations on her bar and grill. The guy’s known as a player. She doesn’t need his drama. Katie’s life is all about cooking, and no man is going to distract her from making her business a success. Oh, but this temptation is so distracting. So handsome. She’ll have to use the same determination she puts into the renovations to convince him to find someone else. She doesn’t have time for love.

Can a wounded warrior learn to trust her celebrity chef crush after discovering his secret? Horrified to learn that her young niece has arranged for her to visit a video blogger she’s never heard of, Winnefred “Fred” Carmichael is guilted into agreeing to the trip. Seeing how handsome he is in his videos doesn’t hurt in making her decision. Tanner Frost is a phony. He is only the front man for his aunt’s cooking, so he’s shocked to find out she invited some soldier to spend Christmas at the family farm. He’s even more shocked to discover Fred is a woman. A beautiful, intriguing woman. Can he keep her from discovering the truth behind his cooking while he’s falling too quickly for her charms?

A wicked game. Bored with yet another London Season, Lady Mercy Spencer and her friends challenge each other to steal a kiss from one of a select number of rogues, preferably as wicked a man as possible. Who better to choose among than the members of the elite club known as The Wicked Earls? A tempting distraction. When his finances take a crashing blow, William Young, Eighth Earl of Woodcliffe has little choice but to lie low while he searches for the man who stole all his money. As he hunts down Eli Grainger--dodging those to whom he owes money all the while--he realizes he’s being pursued, too, by one Lady Mercy Spencer. Of all the young ladies in Town for the Season, Lady Mercy is the most dangerous, owing to her overprotective brother. She’s determined to trap him in a scandal, it seems. As beautiful as she is sly, avoiding her could prove more difficult than restoring his funds. Why won’t she find some other poor sod to marry and allow him to continue his glorious, hedonistic ways?

Cheyenne Miller is at wit’s end with one of the kids on her rodeo team, and she feels sorry for anyone who falls for his father Mike. Then she falls for Mike. Technically, she’s had a crush on him forever, but working beside him every day makes it impossible to ignore her feelings. Too bad he doesn’t return them. Mike McCallum is overly protective of his adopted son, he’ll admit it, and the desire to protect the boy’s feelings has kept Mike from considering dating again, much less falling in love. But something changes between him and Chey, and the part of his heart he’s kept hidden reawakens. Can he trust Chey enough to let her in?

A secret author of romantic adventures meets his biggest fan, and neither of them knows it. While her aunt’s companion is out of town, Lady Evie Sinclair comes to stay with her, knowing her aunt is a notorious matchmaker. To be honest, she wouldn’t mind falling in love if the right man appeared, but as yet, they’ve all been missing a mysterious something that she can’t name. She fears that until she determines what that missing quality is, she has no hope of finding true love. Her aunt’s young doctor, Bertie Walsingham, is secretly the writer of children’s books about a boy knight who slays dragons and keeps his town safe. Evie has been writing to him for a few years since she read his first book. They’ve grown close through the letters, but each thinks they’re writing to an elderly person. Will their bond over children’s literature prove to be the only love they share, or will their story find its happy ending?

Adam Lumley, Viscount Knightwick, desperately wants to breed one of his mares to a stallion owned by the Earl of Huntfield. Huntfield sees no reason to improve the stock of his competition and repeatedly turns down whatever sum Knightwick offers. After giving up hope his wallflower daughter will ever find a husband, Lord Huntfield settles on a deal: if Knightwick can turn Lady Susan into a diamond of the Season, Knightwick can breed his mare as he wishes. Lady Susan Yarwood truly enjoys London assemblies. Where else can she find so many potential sponsors for the school she wishes to establish for the poor children in Huntfield? With her father threatening this will be her final London Season, she must work quickly to secure the funding she needs. The last thing she needs is the interference of the handsome, flirtatious Lord Knightwick who continually draws her away from the matrons she seeks donations from. She will succeed in founding her school, no matter who stands in her way.