After a devastating loss, Christmas holds little appeal for Isabel Reid. With her father remarried, she is sent to spend the holiday with her aunt—a prospect that brings little comfort when her aunt’s home holds its own painful memories. And the gentleman tasked with escorting her is hardly the sort of company she would have chosen.
Robert Collingham fled London to escape the fallout of a failed engagement, only to find his reprieve cut short by his father’s insistence that he escort a childhood companion to her aunt’s home. Miss Reid is frustrating in the extreme, and her penchant for prying is unwelcome when he has secrets he would rather keep buried.
But when a snowstorm traps them together at her aunt’s, their journey becomes far more complicated than either anticipated.
Neither is looking for love, and neither is eager to risk further heartache. Yet as the winter deepens and their animosity gives way to unexpected tenderness, they may discover that even the most wounded hearts can find hope again.
Previously published in the Christmas Forevermore anthology, now with new chapters and a bonus epilogue, A Thrill of Hope is a clean regency Christmas novella perfect for lovers of Jane Austen, bold heroines, and satisfying character arcs.
Genre: Inspirational
Robert Collingham fled London to escape the fallout of a failed engagement, only to find his reprieve cut short by his father’s insistence that he escort a childhood companion to her aunt’s home. Miss Reid is frustrating in the extreme, and her penchant for prying is unwelcome when he has secrets he would rather keep buried.
But when a snowstorm traps them together at her aunt’s, their journey becomes far more complicated than either anticipated.
Neither is looking for love, and neither is eager to risk further heartache. Yet as the winter deepens and their animosity gives way to unexpected tenderness, they may discover that even the most wounded hearts can find hope again.
Previously published in the Christmas Forevermore anthology, now with new chapters and a bonus epilogue, A Thrill of Hope is a clean regency Christmas novella perfect for lovers of Jane Austen, bold heroines, and satisfying character arcs.
Genre: Inspirational