Neil Spelling, man-about-town and desirable bachelor, is in a pickle. He has fallen desperately in love with Lady Alice, but her father, the Duke of Sotherland, calls him a dunderhead and unsuitable for a son-in-law. Now an intimate holiday house party may provide the perfect occasion for Neil to appear dashing, daring, and irresistibly darling. If only a stranger hadn't intruded, a sinister plot hadn't developed, and the irascible Lord Nightingale hadn't piped up.
Lovely Lady Alice doesn't know what to make of Mr. Spelling! In town he is so polished, and now he appears so shy. Worse, Lord Nightingale is making him a mockery. What is a lady to do? Lady Alice is ready to offer a kiss when an unexpected guest makes her tremble. Villainy is afoot during this Yuletide, and Mr. Spelling may prove a hero if discord can be ended, a father's heart softened, and love is able to conquer all with a Christmas surprise!
Judith A. Lansdowne (b. 1944) attended the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York and then spent several years touring the country as an actress and puppeteer before earning a bachelor's degree in English at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside. She became a full-time writer in 1992. Her first novel, Amelia's Intrigue, was published in 1995 in the Zebra Regency Romance imprint. Animals (cats and a parrot) play major roles - and cupid - in her novels and novellas and she also wrote novellas with paranormal elements. According to What ever happened to... she gave up writing due to family obligations. Her last novel, Just Impossible, was released March 2004.
Source: Romancewiki
