A Lord For The Wallflower Widow - Ann Lethbridge: When widow Lady Carrie meets charming gadabout Lord Avery Gilmore, she is shocked by her intense reaction to him. She's never before longed for wifely pleasures, and it takes all of her courage to propose that he show her them! He might be taken aback by her request, but as Carrie learns firsthand, Avery will take the challenge very seriously...

Convenient Christmas Brides - Carla Kelly, Louise Allen & Laurie Benson: In The Captain's Christmas Journey by Carla Kelly, Captain Everard is escorting Verity to her governess job - and for propriety's sake that means a convenient engagement! In Louise Allen's The Viscount's Yuletide Betrothal, Eleanor advertises for a `suitable' gentleman to pose as her betrothed over Christmas. And in Laurie Benson's novella, Juliet's One Night Under the Mistletoe leads to a marriage of convenience with handsome former love Lord Montague.