Especially one who speaks like a sailor, looks like an angel, and stirs desires inside of him best left alone.A smoldering passion ready to ignite. But Athena knows beneath Ambrose's icy exterior is a man who wants to love again, and she's willing to do whatever it takes to prove it. And he certainly doesn't need an impertinent American heiress.

A widower with a young daughter to raise, he needs a governess more than he needs a wife. Until a secret letter hidden away by her great-grandmother leads her across the Atlantic and onto the doorstep of the ill-tempered (albeit very handsome) Duke of Blackburn.A cold-hearted duke.Ambrose gave up on love a long time ago. ….or was it?As cold winds howl outside the manor, inside of it a duke’s heart is finally starting to melt as he finds himself falling for the one woman he was never supposed to love…but can she love him in return?Ī hot-headed American heiress.After three broken engagements, Miss Athena Dogwood is ready to give up on finding love. Now every time Eric turns around he finds himself stumbling over the wife he never wanted.but is slowly beginning to desire. At least that was the plan until a winter storm leaves them both stranded.

Which is why he’s going to spend just enough time with Caroline to assure himself of an heir before he leaves her at his country estate and returns to London. Having seen firsthand how love can bring a man to his knees, he’s determined not to make the same mistakes his father did. Her new husband may very well be one of the most powerful men in all of England - not to mention the handsomest - but he’s also cruel, callous, and has a heart colder than ice.īut it was never meant to be a love match…Eric married Caroline for one simple reason: he wasn’t in love with her. She could ask, but that would mean speaking to him…and truth be told she’d rather have a conversation with the devil.

Their wedding was the event of the season.A shy wallflower, Caroline hasn’t the faintest idea why the Duke of Readington chose her to be his bride.

The Christmas Widow by Jillian Eaton