Tabetha Waite Livres

All it takes is a little Christmas spirit for love to appear.Lady Cassiopeia Ashcroft never really liked her brother's friend from Eton, but when her grandmother told her that Lord Gregory was coming home with Rion for Christmas, she decided that she would make the best of it - as long as he stayed out of her way. But the moment he stepped out of the carriage, she knew that this time, things would be different. Not only had Gregory matured and become rather infuriatingly handsome since she'd last seen him, but he also made her feel things that she never thought possible. And that was dangerous.Lord Gregory Dawson never really considered Cassie to be anything other than Rion's annoying older sister, but time had changed the girl he knew into a rather enchanting woman - so long as she kept her razor-sharp tongue inside that lovely head. He could think of many other uses for it, but he knew she was firmly off limits. The trouble was that he couldn't seem to keep his hands to himself. As a lively, Christmas house party begins to commence they finally start to succumb to the attraction between them. But when sudden tragedy breaks them apart, is their love strong enough to withstand the storm?

Persephone Welton is the daughter of an acknowledged courtesan. As she prepares herself for her virginity auction, she nearly finds herself in the clutches of a libertine who is known for his cruelty. But an unlikely hero saves the day. The moment she spies the Duke of Falcourt, Persephone is infatuated. She wants to be his lover in truth, but he has vowed off any sort of physical intimacy until he brings down the man responsible for his sister's brutal attack. Hunter Bennett is attracted to the lovely harlot with the red-gold hair, but he isn't some sadistic monster intent on debauching such a young girl. However, neither does he wish for her to suffer a whore's fate, so he sets her up as his mistress, where he then chases his nemesis to India where he spends the next five years gathering evidence to put him away. When he returns, he finds that Persephone has turned into a beautiful woman whom he wants to keep as his own. But trials and challenges along the way test the strength of their love. Will it be enough to withstand the storm?