Kiss me at Christmas

Kiss Me at Christmas is the tenth book in Valerie Bowman's Playful Brides series, a Regency romance built around a bodyguard assignment and a Christmas neither party wanted.

Bow Street Runner Daffin Oakleaf abhors Christmas. Carol singing and holiday cheer only remind him of a dark time in his past, so when a close friend calls on him for help, he is glad of the distraction. Then he learns that the lovely Lady Regina is the one in danger, and the distraction becomes a great deal more complicated: he is to become her bodyguard.

Regina has been considered firmly on the shelf and has given up on marriage, but she has not given up on knowing passion. When the threat against her calls Daffin to her side, the sparks between them ignite. Bowman's question is the one her series keeps asking in new configurations: how does a hired man of common birth find his way into a noblewoman's heart?