December with a Duke

Can a Christmas scandal melt the heart of a woman who swore she'd never love again?

After surviving a cruel marriage, widow Everleigh Chatterton has no intention of surrendering her freedom-or her heart-ever again. Society's gatherings leave her cold, and she keeps all gentlemen at a careful distance. But when she reluctantly agrees to attend a Christmastide house party, she comes face-to-face with the very last man she wants to see: the dangerously charming Duke of Sheffield. She's rebuffed him before. This time, it may be her resolve that breaks.

Griffin Townsend, Duke of Sheffield, has spent nearly a year searching for the right woman to help him raise his orphaned ward. What he never expected was to find her in Everleigh-elegant, aloof, and utterly captivating. When he sees her soft side emerge with his young charge, he's certain she's the one. Winning her trust, however, may require more than charm and persistence-it may demand the one thing he's never freely given: his heart.

But as snow falls and scandal brews, two guarded hearts must risk everything for a second chance at love-and a Christmastide they'll never forget.