Be My Bride

Mothers—they wipe away tears and share a wonderful kind of love. It’s hardly surprising that the resourceful children of Regency widows decide that their dear mamas have been alone too long and start searching for those special men who will put a sparkle back in their mothers’ eyes ... Lady Lovington’s grown children have good reason for “Marrying Off Mama” in Mona Gedney’s delightful story. While most people find her scrapes and escapes charming, Elizabeth and Reginald live in fear of what Mama will do next. Surely marriage to a military gentleman will provide her ladyship with stability. But, naturally, Mama manages too fall in love with someone they hadn’t quite expected. The machinations of newly-engaged Willow to see her mother in the same happy state as she result in “Lady Radcliffe’s Ruse” by Kathryn Kirkwood. Having no wish to remarry, Claire Radcliffe rsesorts to a pretend engagement with the rakish Earl of Sommerset. But she soon finds herself in an all-too-real courtship—falling under the irresistible spell of this very determined gentleman. In Regina Scott’s charming story, the young Masters Jacob know that their mama Cynthia is “Sweeter than Candy,” but can they convince their grown-up friend Daniel Lewiston that he should court her ... especially when Cynthia’s memories of Daniel are less than fond? Surprisingly, all goes well ... until the little boys reveal their matchmaking scheme. Share in the joy of children’s love for their mothers, mothers’ love for their children—and the love that grows between a man and a woman when a perfect match is made ... A Place by the Fire by Regina Scott : The arrival of his niece's schoolteacher Eleanor Pritchet, sodden, sneezing and clutching a kitten seemed yet another complication in the Earl of Wentworth's life. But as Christmas dawned, he found himself falling for the sweet lady who had given him the special gift of love. Beneath the Kitten Bough by Jo Ann Ferguson : Lord Snoclyffe's niece and nephews thought their Uncle Andrew needed a wife for Christmas and that pretty Rosemary Burton was the ideal lady to be their new aunt. And what better way to bring them together than with the sudden delivery of a mischievous kitten. The Christmas Kitten by Judith A. Lansdowne : It was the dullest match of the winter Season. Very proper Camelia Dunsbury and the always priggish Lord Cottsworth were about to settle in to the most uneventful married lifeuntil a naughty kitten showed them the secret delights of romance. Literature teacher Eleanor Pritchett vowed never to return to the estate where writer Justinian Darby broke her heart. Now a commission from his orphaned niece draws her back into his sphere. With the help of a small black kitten, Christmas may prove the perfect time for two lost souls to create a love story meant to last. Traditional Regency Romance Novella originally titled “A Place by the Fire”; previously published by Zebra. The wedding wager / by Elena Greene A picture perfect romance / by Alice Holden The June bride conspiracy / by Regina Scott. Couples find wedding bliss against all odds in this charming, funny, and tender collection of Regency tales.