A Christmas Gambol — Joan Smith

The gentleman was a dyed-in-the-wool romantic. But he had mush to learn about love!

At first, aspiring writer Cicely Caldwell was insulted to be asked to pose as the anonymous lady, the author of the vastly popular Chaos is Come Again, a horrid piece of gothic drivel. Then she realized that such a pretense would gain her entree into the literary circles that might forward her own writing career.

Handsome Lord Montaigne confessed that the real anonymous lady was his aunt and that Cicely seemed the sort of discreet country lady who would do the part justice. However, Cicely, with a nose for a good story, soon suspected the startling truth of the anonymous lady's shocking identity.

As the holidays approached, Cicely was unaware that her search for a fictional hero was leading her straight to a man whose outward cynicism could not hide his true romantic nature... on the page or off!