Sugarplum Surprises — Elisabeth Fairchild

Seasonal Sweets

When her father the Baron died, Jane Nichol thought she had lost every chance at happiness--and her newly-widowed step-mother's plans for her made things frightfully worse.

Now, having escaped the Baroness's clutches by running away, Jane lives a double life. By day, she powders and pads herself into the form of middle-aged Madame Nicolette, making her living as the town's best seamstress. By night, she sheds the costume and becomes herself once again, the lovely Lady Jane Nichol. So it is that her life's path crosses with that of a young duke, who also bears the weight of a great secret. The Christmas season has in store for them many surprises--surprises as lucky and unexpected as silver trinkets in a Yuletide plum pudding. But with rumors rippling in their wake, and secrets neither will divulge first, the two wonder if they can ever have their cake and eat it, too...

Hero: Edward Brydges, the Duke of Chandrose
Heroine: Lady Jane Nichol