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An extraordinary, precious, unforgettable holiday story.RT Book Reviews Top Pick, 4 stars for RT Reviewers Choice Award winner Lady Sophies Christmas WishThe Best Gifts are the Unexpected Ones...To escape a scandal, Lady Joan Flynn flees her familys estate in the Scottish Highlands. She needs a husband by Christmas, or the holidays will ring in nothing but ruin.Practical, ambitious mill owner Dante Hartwell offers to marry Joan, because a wellborn wife is his best chance of gaining access to aristocratic investors.As Christmasand troubledraw nearer, Dante and Joans marriage of convenience blossoms into unexpected intimacy, for true love often hides beneath the most unassuming holiday wrapping...A joyful, sensual read.USA Today Happy Ever After on Lady Sophies Christmas WishA beautiful romance filled with Christmas miracles.
About the Author
I started writing as an antidote to empty nest and soon found it an antidote to life in general. I am the sixth out of seven children, and was raised in the rural surrounds of central Pennsylvania. Early in life I spent a lot of time reading romance novels and practicing the piano. My first career was as a technical writer and editor in the Washington, DC, area, a busy profession that nonetheless left enough time to read a lot of romance novels.It also left enough time to grab a law degree through an evening program, produce Beloved Offspring (only one, but she is a lion) , and eventually move to the lovely Maryland countryside. While reading yet still more romance novels (there is a trend here) I opened a law practice, acquired a master's degree in Conflict Transformation (I had a teenage daughter by then) and started thinking about writing.... romance novels. This aim was realized when Beloved Offspring struck out into the Big World. ("Mom, why doesn't anybody tell you being a grown-up is hard? ") I eventually got up the courage to start pitching manuscripts to agents and editors. The query letter that resulted in "the call" started out: "I am the buffoon in the bar at the writer's retreat who could not keep her heroines straight, could not look you in the eye, and could not stop blushing--and if that doesn't narrow down the possibilities, your job is even harder than I thought." (The dear lady bought the book anyway.) You can contact me though email at graceburrowes@yahoo.com or through my website at graceburrowes.com
