Emma V. Leech

A frightened lady. A lonely farmer. A Christmas marriage that may save them both.

Widowed farmer Ned Hardy is facing a bleak winter and the prospect of another lonely Christmas, when a desperate knock at the door changes everything.

Grace Honeyfield is frozen, terrified, and fleeing through the darkness from an abusive brother and the dreadful marriage he means to force upon her. When she stumbles onto Ned’s isolated farm in the middle of a snowy night, she finds not the danger she fears, but shelter in the arms of a man whose kindness is as unexpected as it is irresistible.

Ned may not be a gentleman by birth, but Grace soon discovers he has more honour, courage, and tenderness than any well-bred man of her acquaintance.

When Ned offers her his name and his protection, he hopes only to keep her safe. Yet as Christmas draws near, he dares to wonder whether this brave, beautiful woman might bring warmth back into his home, and happiness back into his heart.

A tender, romantic Christmas novella from the Rogues and Gentlemen series.