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Goodwill for the Gentleman (Belles of Christmas Book 2)

November 2, 2019 By Charity Phillips

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He jilted her sister. She will never forgive him for it. Can her anger survive a snowing in and a Christmas truce? 

Emma Caldwell doesn’t hate anyone—except for Hugh Warrilow, the man who jilted her older sister and left like a coward to join the army. Men are clearly not to be trusted, and Emma is determined not to give her heart to one. No, a marriage of convenience is the very thing to suit her. 


Hugh Warrilow has been secretly in love with Emma Caldwell for years, so when the time comes to live up to both families’ expectations and marry her sister, he can’t find it in himself to do it. Disgraced and misunderstood, he joins to fight Napoleon on the Continent, hoping he will forget Emma and be forgotten by everyone he has disappointed. 
An injury brings Hugh home—just in time for Christmas and the snowstorm that leaves him trapped under the same roof as Emma. How will he explain that his unforgivable act was motivated by how desperately he loved her? Her icy reception doesn’t leave him the chance, nor does it offer much hope for the season’s expectation of peace on earth and goodwill to men. 

Book 2 in the Belles of Christmas series, Goodwill for the Gentleman is a standalone Regency holiday romance. The series can be enjoyed in any order:

Unmasking Lady Caroline by Mindy Burbridge Strunk, Book 1 
Goodwill for the Gentleman by Martha Keyes, Book 2 
The Earl’s Mistletoe Match by Ashtyn Newbold, Book 3 
Nine Ladies Dancing by Deborah M. Hathaway, Book 4 
A Duke for Lady Eve by Kasey Stockton, Book 5

Filed Under: Sweet Reads Spotlight Tagged With: British Historical Literature, Christmas Romance, Clean & Wholesome Romance, Historical Regency Romance, Holiday Romance

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