A Sleigh Ride Kiss

Odette Goodson just wants a proper English Christmas — caroling, snow, sleigh rides — not her matchmaking grandmother's latest scheme to marry her off to the Marquis of Wilmington, a man she's decided to despise on reputation alone. Then she meets Henry Wardlow, a kind stranger who seems nothing like the marquis she's heard about. He is, of course, exactly that marquis — newly returned from the East Indies, grieving his mother, and trying to save a failing shipping business while his grandmother's matchmaking closes in from the other side. As their bond deepens over the holiday season, Henry has to decide whether to risk everything by telling Odette the truth before circumstance does it for him.