GL Robinson

Everyone thinks the Marquess of Hastings is odd. He doesn't really want a wife, but he has to find one. Elisabeth likes books more than men. A marriage of convenience. What can possibly go wrong? Find out....

The first story in this collection features a young woman determined to get the man she wants. But is it A Perfect Match? Then there's a story about a Juliet who meets a man called Romeo....

The perennially lazy and late Lord Devin is astonished when a petite virago called Wilhelmina accuses him of selling an unfit horse to a drayman. He isn't aware of the irregularities in his stables. Later, she foists a stray, starving kitten called Horace on him....

Louise vows to arrange the marriage to her own satisfaction, but when he appears to have another love interest, her anger and sorrow lead her to make a big mistake, which he responds to just as foolishly....

In the title story it's just before Christmas and an unexpected visitor arrives, claiming to be the fiancée of the son of the house. But he knows nothing about it. This muddle has to be sorted out, or it's not only Christmas that will be ruined....

When Gwendolyn's parents die and leave her unprovided for, she is forced to earn her own living. Heaven has blessed her with good looks, a sunny personality, and a measure of good luck. But what can she actually do? The truth is, nothing. As she says herself, she doesn't know anything.

She's a born organizer and a redhead to boot. Can she get everyone around her marching to her tune? Amelia and Aurelius are orphaned twins. She's a bossy, fiery red-head....

Like the Roman matron for whom she is named, plain but clever Octavia seems destined for abandonment. Handsome, fun-loving and heir to an earldom, Dorian is the opposite. In Regency London, life for him is a game in which other people, including Octavia, are his pawns.

When Marianne's father dies, she and her governess Rosemary are forced to go and live with her guardian, the Earl of Tyndell....

After harrowing experiences in the Napoleonic Wars and suffering from what we would now recognise as PTSD, half-English, half-German Lukas is making a home for his mother and sister in the leafy green of England....

Sally is mad at him and Hermione, his feisty antique dealer friend, has gone missing. Other than that, life is good for Miles O'Malley as he splits his time between New York City and the small upstate town that has become his second home. Oh, except that a guy is after him....

The lovely, mysterious Héloise Ramsay is available...for a price. The Earl of Dexter is prepared to pay it, but she refuses him. He knows she's had other lovers, so why not him? This is the story of a woman who makes a mistake in her youth and finds no choice but to sell her only asset....

Miles O'Malley wants out of Christmas in the city. He rents a primitive cabin in the north woods of New York State, looking for peace quiet away from the incessant bell-ringing and endless ghastly songs. He's not expecting to stumble on a heinous crime....

This story of kidnapping, poisoning, and an (almost!) classic shoot-out, involves a strong woman who is a match for those who wish her harm, and also demonstrates the enduring power of friendship.

She thought Harry loved her and she was prepared to wait for him, but Lyla is devastated when he becomes engaged to someone else. He writes to explain his reasons and she wants to forgive him, but all she can think of is escape.