Blush sensuality level: This is a sweet romance (kisses only, no sexual content).The shocking news comes right before Christmas—Patience Mayhew's beloved brother Jack was lost in the Battle of Nivelle. Since his son is but a toddler, Jack left his estate in trust to his best friend Stuart—the man who, years ago, broke Patience's heart.Stuart Marsh is just as shocked as Patience at Jack's bequest. How can he possibly run Heatherfield when Jack's widow resents him and his sister detests him? But as he settles in and sees how much work Heatherfield needs, he realizes it's his chance to prove himself to Patience all over again. He wants nothing more than to lift the burden from her shoulders and prove that Christmas miracles exist—and that love, real love, never truly fades away.

Blush: This is a suggestive romance (love scenes are not graphic).Grace Montrose is a passionate auburn-haired beauty so in love with the theater that she does set design and costuming secretly at the Pantheon. Brandon White, Earl of Morewood, a bored aristocrat, writes plays he pays to produce at the Pantheon under the pen name William Marlowe. He is trying to create the perfect woman with words since he has never met her until he encounters Grace. Brand and Grace are both looking for friendship and intellectual stimulation but find far more in each other. Yet Brand is afraid to even mention marriage since Grace has been hurt in the past by managing men and unwanted offers. His heart has been bruised by fortune hunters as well. A murder at the Parthenon and a disaster backstage prompts them to sacrifice their reputations to save the play and bind their two broken hearts together forever.

Blush sensuality level: This is a sweet romance (kisses only, no sexual content).When Dinah's father inherits an estate, he decides she and her brother must go settle the matter. They arrive to find the place in need of much repair—and holiday spirit. As Dinah plans a cheerful fete for Christmas in hope of winning over the locals, she finds herself winning over someone else as well—Richard, the handsome man who lives next door. Richard never expected to meet someone like Dinah—a woman who is headstrong and decisive. A woman he could spend his life with. Unfortunately, Richard needs a Christmas miracle to extricate himself from a tricky obligation. If it's a miracle he needs to be free, Dinah is determined he'll get it—that way they can spend their Christmas fete together and everyone can enjoy their happily ever afters. A Blush® Regency romance from Ellora's Cave

Lady Jane Faraday is conflicted about traveling to Summerhill for the Christmas holiday since the heir to the estate, and the man who was supposed to marry her, has died. But she has other worries than her guilt over not marrying Henry St. Giles. Stephen, the younger son and the one she loves, is still fighting the war in the Peninsula. If only he had written to her she would know where she stands with his affections. She'd wait for him if he'd say the word, but she isn't sure he's still alive.Stephen St. Giles receives leave to return home since his beloved brother Henry is dead and the war is nearly over, but what of Jane? She has answered none of his letters. Is she now his brother's widow or did she wed someone else? And why has he heard nothing from his mother? As he trudges the last miles toward home through the fog, he feels as confused and uncertain as his misty surroundings.

Blush: This is a sweet romance (kisses only, no sexual content).When Gerard Cochran loses his father at Waterloo he is alone, wounded and without direction. Yet when two English cousins show up to rescue him, one of whom is the beautiful and sympathetic Juliet Chandler, he is reluctant to go with them into yet another plan someone else has made for his life. So they kidnap him—and the temptation of Juliet's lips is too much for any man to resist.

Blush: This is a suggestive romance (love scenes are not graphic).Leighton Stone, Earl of Longbridge, is used to danger. His years as a code breaker in Wellington's army have been filled with it, but all he wants at the end of the Peninsular War is to return to his estate and marry his childhood sweetheart, Maddie Westlake. Maddie is not a typical parson's daughter. She is weary of having to scheme against her parsimonious father to take care of Leighton's tenants, and she is tired of being taken for granted. When Leighton finally tracks her to the city of Bath he realizes he must woo her. Since he never trusted her with his secrets she does not trust him with her future.Music and memories draw the pair together while secret codes and conniving relatives almost split this engaging couple. Then they are drawn into a bizarre spy plot that only Maddie can solve.

Blush sensuality level: This is a sweet romance (kisses only, no sexual content).Sarah Pelham is led by the spirit of Christmas past to dream about her missing twin and sets out in a snowstorm to find her. Lord Vance is led by the same spirit to take shelter at the inn where Sarah arrives, and discovers she is the girl of his dreams. Vance is determined to help Sarah complete her mission so she can then marry him. The spirits of Christmases present and future also have a hand in ensuring the couple's happy ending.

Blush sensuality level: This is a sweet romance (kisses only, no sexual content).Kelly Barr specializes in revitalizing old houses. Too bad she hasn't been able to do the same thing for her love life. So many men have let her down that she now has a list of dating rules.Just as she is about to give up completely and get a dog to fill the void, hunk Quinn Farrell walks into her life. He has just bought a crumbling Victorian house and wants her to help him renovate it. As they work together, she starts to hope he might measure up to her rules.Quinn is attracted to Kelly, but he is nursing his own wounds inflicted by the opposite sex. He's in the process of a divorce, but his soon-to-be-ex-wife has decided she's not ready to let him go and she's willing to fight dirty to keep him.Together Quinn and Kelly learn that every member of the opposite sex isn't out to hurt them and that true love doesn't always play by the rules.