The Christmas Countess
Adrienne Basso
- A
- woman
- discovers
- her
- daughter
- is
- being
- raised
- by
- a
- very
- dashing
- earl
- in
- this
- Victorian
- holiday
- romance
- by
- the
- author
- of
- The
- Christmas
- Heiress.A
- Woman
- with
- A
- Past
- .
- .
- .Six
- years
- ago,
- Rebecca
- Tremaine,
- the
- daughter
- of
- a
- vicar,
- became
- pregnant
- by
- her
- fiancé.
- When
- he
- died
- unexpectedly,
- Rebecca
- was
- heartbroken
- and
- disgraced.
- The
- child
- was
- stillborn—or
- so
- Rebecca
- believed.
- Now,
- she’s
- both
- shocked
- and
- jubilant
- to
- discover
- that
- her
- relatives
- arranged
- for
- her
- baby
- girl,
- Lily,
- to
- be
- given
- to
- a
- distant
- family
- connection—Cameron
- Sinclair,
- Earl
- of
- Hampton.
- The
- widowed
- earl
- reluctantly
- agrees
- to
- let
- Rebecca
- visit
- Lily
- over
- Christmas
- at
- his
- home
- in
- Kent,
- where
- she
- finds
- that
- the
- little
- girl,
- while
- a
- darling,
- is
- alarmingly
- spoiled
- .
- .
- .
- and
- the
- handsome,
- confident
- earl
- is
- attractive
- beyond
- measure
- .
- .
- .A
- Love
- for
- All
- Seasons
- .
- .
- .Graceful,
- tender-hearted,
- and
- completely
- captivating,
- Rebecca
- fills
- Cameron
- Sinclair’s
- home
- with
- warmth
- and
- light.
- Ther’s
- no
- denying
- that
- her
- concern
- for
- Lily’s
- behavior
- is
- well-founded.
- Just
- as
- he
- knows
- there’s
- also
- no
- denying
- the
- ache
- he
- feels
- at
- the
- thought
- of
- her
- departure.
- After
- his
- wife’s
- death
- three
- years
- ago,
- Cameron
- was
- adamant
- that
- he
- could
- never
- love
- another
- woman.
- But
- as
- the
- holiday
- season
- draws
- to
- a
- close,
- he
- can
- only
- hope
- that
- it
- is
- not
- too
- late
- to
- admit
- the
- joy
- of
- being
- proven
- thoroughly,
- delightfully
- wrong
- .
- .
- .Praise
- for
- The
- Christmas
- Countess“Love,
- family,
- and
- the
- magic
- of
- the
- holiday
- season
- bring
- two
- different
- couples
- together
- in
- Basso’s
- latest
- richly
- emotional
- and
- elegantly
- written
- Victorian
- historical
- romance.” —Booklist
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