Cassie had good reason to resist Nick Seymour's rakish good looks and matching charm. But that was easier said than done when it seemed that the only way to calm a family crisis at Christmas was for Cassie and Nick to pretend to be engaged!
When Nick stormed into her London flat hunting for his missing eight-year-old niece, Alice, Cassie found herself pulled straight into the Seymour family crossfire. Naturally, Nick took total charge of the rescue mission, leaving Cassie no choice but to follow his lead.
Their frantic drive to Gloucestershire ran straight into a blinding blizzard that marooned them at an isolated farmhouse. Stranded without heating in a freezing stone bedroom, she soon discovered keeping her distance was impossible.
Well, Nick decided it was, and Cassie knew she must go . . .
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- Pretend Engagement: Nick claims Cassie is his future bride to stop family feuds, but convincing their relatives means sharing intimate quarters in Chastlecombe.
- Forced Proximity: A blinding Gloucestershire blizzard strands them overnight in a seventeenth-century farmhouse with only a single four-poster bed for warmth.
- Christmas Romance: Between trimming trees in Chiswick and dodging mistletoe in front of inquisitive nieces, their hostile truce turns unexpectedly tender.
- Also by This Author: Dante's Unexpected Legacy, The Rich Man's Bride and The Millionaire's Runaway Bride.