At Christmastime, a stranger crossing the threshold means good fortune…When Josiah Hale, society's favorite aristocratic architect, stumbles upon an isolated manor house in the middle of a snowstorm, he feels like he's entered a fairytale world. And Sleeping Beauty in this secret corner of Yorkshire is lovely, vulnerable Maggie Carr, surely a princess disguised as a humble housekeeper. Is Josiah her prince – or the man who will break her heart and leave her life in ruins?But is the stranger's arrival lucky for the girl Christmas forgot?Maggie Carr has worked as a housekeeper at isolated Thorncroft Hall since her beloved mother died five years ago. No matter how often she tells herself she's accustomed to being poor and alone, Christmas always stirs poignant memories of a time when she had a place in the world and a family to love. But this Christmas, a handsome stranger bursts into her solitary world and makes her feel like a desirable woman. Maggie has already lost so much to cruel fate. Now as the season advances and she finds herself in thrall to the man who challenges her loneliness and turns winter nights to sultry summer, what price will this irresistible passion demand of her?Will the Yuletide enchantment vanish with the season's decorations? Or have Maggie and her Christmas stranger discovered a magic to sustain them through a lifetime of happiness? ANNA CAMPBELL has written 11 multi award-winning historical romances for Hachette Grand Central Publishing and Avon HarperCollins. As an independently published author, she's released more than 30 bestselling stories, including her two popular series The Dashing Widows (7 books) and The Lairds Most Likely (10 books). Anna has won numerous awards for her Regency-set stories including RT Book Reviews Reviewers Choice, the Booksellers Best, the Golden Quill (three times), the Heart of Excellence (twice), the Write Touch, the Aspen Gold (twice) and the Australian Romance Readers Association's favorite historical romance (five times). She's currently engaged in writing a new series set in Regency London called A Scandal in Mayfair. The first two books, One Wicked Wish and Two Secret Sins, are now out, with the third book, Three Times Tempted, out at the end of 2021. When Anna isn't traveling the world in search of inspiration for her books, she lives near the sea on the beautiful east coast of Australia.You can find out more about Anna and her books at her website: www.annacampbell.comFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/AnnaCampbellFansTwitter: @AnnaCampbellOzBookbub: https://www.bookbub.com/profile/anna-campbell?list=aboutGoodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/296477.Anna_CampbellSign up for her newsletter here: http://kontactr.com/user/annacampbell
