Bedded Under the Christmastide Moon

THEIR MARRIAGE OF CONVENIENCE…

For years, Lady Melloria Whitmore has believed her childhood best friend and secret love Brigham Clarke agreed to marry her out of a sense of duty. Knowing how important Brigham’s work with Parliament is to him, she agrees to see him once a year, when he returns to his country estate for the holidays. This Christmas, Mellie vows to give Brigham the one thing he has always wanted: an heir. For one night, she’ll share his bed, and she’ll have that memory of passion to get her through the long winter nights without him.

IS ABOUT TO BECOME A MARRIAGE OF LOVE.

Except Brigham doesn’t want just one night—he wants forever. He’s loved Mellie all his life, and making her his Viscountess Whitmore was his dream. He just never thought Mellie returned his feelings. So when Mellie begins her seduction under the Christmastide moon, Brigham receives the best gift of all: his wife’s love.

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Review:

Mellie has always loved Brigham, the Viscount next door. For his part, Brigham always planned to offer for Mellie's hand. When a sudden death forces his hand, they find themselves in what each thinks is a marriage of convenience.

Yep, they both spend <em>five years</em> pining over their spouse.

That might be the entirety of the plot, but this novella packs a lot of angst into so few pages. You know they are meant to be together if only one of them could spit it out. Both Mellie and Brigham are well fleshed out for such a short book and I love how the author romanticised Brigham's glasses. True love really is blind!

For a short read with angst and passion, pick up this one - though be warned, the last scene left me thinking "that can't be comfortable..."

Four pining stars

I received an ARC from Barclay Publicity