Twelfth Night

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A MERRY MISMATCH... — Anne Compton was in the most impossible, outrageous and mortifying position. That very morning, she had been abducted and spirited to Gretna Green by a scoundrel who'd actually attempted to wed her by force. But the resourceful heiress escaped and boarded the first mail coach back to England. Anne didn't anticipate a blizzard stranding her through the night...along with the all-too handsome Lord Stephen Etheridge. ...ENDS IN HOLY MATRIMONY With the dawn had come rescue -- and a rapidly spreading scandal. Now 'twas Anne's honor that was in need of saving, and Etheridge, self-confessed rake that he was, had just agreed to take her home for the holidays -- as his newly betrothed. A false engagement seemed the perfect subterfuge...until they ended up at the altar! Neither actually intended to wed. Or to bed. Only a Christmas miracle could turn a marriage begun in haste into a gift wrapped in the wondrous magic of love....