Harlequin Historical December 2026 – Box Set
About this ebook
Harlequin ® Historical brings you a captivating quartet of thrilling new romances in one collection!
This boxset includes:
INVITATION TO A REGENCY CHRISTMAS
By Ann Lethbridge, Christine Merrill, Lara Temple
(Regency)
In Governess's Winter Awakening by Ann Lethbridge, governess Lizzy won’t let her attraction to her charge’s uncle, Lord Marcus, jeopardize her position. Can her frosty resolve weather his relentless sunshine, especially while snowbound?
In Mistletoe and Mischief by Christine Merrill, Mariah is caring for little Gwendolyn over Christmas. When Gwen’s snowball strikes a stranger, Mariah is shocked to discover he’s an earl—and Gwen’s extremely handsome guardian!
In Twelve Nights with the Earl by Lara Temple, rakish earl Alex needs a Christmas miracle to stop his mother’s matchmaking. Sophie agrees to a fake flirtation, but their mistletoe kiss feels dangerously real!
THEIR CHRISTMAS MARRIAGE CHARADE
Part of Yuletide Redemptions
By Marguerite Kaye
(Victorian)
When an unexpected inheritance demands brooding mill owner Adam Robertson travel to the Scottish Highlands and select a local bride, he’s appalled! Reluctantly attending a Christmas Eve house party en route, he never expects fate to deliver him the perfect solution…
Enter Millie Muirhead—independent, guarded and hiding secrets. Accepting Adam’s Christmas proposal of a temporary union is as out of character as the heat building to an inferno between them! Adam needs her loyalty. Millie needs her freedom. But if the truth about Millie’s past emerges, their fragile charade—and their hearts—could shatter irrevocably…
THE DUKE’S WIFE RETURNS
By Ella Matthews
(Regency)
After a devastating loss on the battlefield, Alex, the Duke of Pembrokeshire, has retreated from the world and his convenient wife. Alex is resolute—he will not allow his grief to sully Georgiana’s light. But this winter, she’s arrived on his doorstep to begin their marriage…
Tired of gossipmongers saying she’s not fulfilling her duties as a duchess, Georgiana strikes a deal with Alex: They’ll have separate lives…once they conceive an heir! In close quarters, Georgiana slips past Alex’s defenses, exposing the dormant fire within him—and stoking flames of her own! Their reunion is just for Christmas, but could their fledgling family last forever?
HOW TO COURT A COUNTESS
By Emma-Claire Sunday
(Regency)
Former pickpocket Amelia is trapped in a life of servitude to the man who caught her. He offers a deal: Help him win the hand—and fortune—of Countess Beatrice by posing as a governess. In return for information that will help his courtship, he’ll grant Amelia her freedom.
Complications arise when Amelia meets the jaw-droppingly lovely Beatrice. Amelia feels startlingly at home in the Countess’s household, and their clandestine meetings in the music room quickly become a nightly habit… Amelia can’t deny their connection—but when her liberty depends on Beatrice’s marriage to another, can she risk following her heart?
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About the author
Ann Lethbridge majored in history and business. She always loved the glamorous, if rather risky, Georgians and in particular the Regency era as drawn by Georgette Heyer. It was that love that prompted her to write her first Regency novel in 2000. She found she enjoyed it so much she just couldn’t stop! Ann gave up a career in university administration to focus on her first love, writing novels and lives in Canada with her family. Visit her website at: www.annlethbridge.com
Christine Merrill wanted to be a writer for as long as she can remember. During a stint as a stay-at-home-mother, she decided it was time to “write that book.” She could set her own hours and would never have to wear pantyhose to work! It was a slow start but she slogged onward and seven years later, she got the thrill of seeing her first book hit the bookstores. Christine lives in Wisconsin with her family. Visit her website at: www.christine-merrill.com
.Lara Temple writes sensual and emotional historical romances. She lives with her husband, two children, and one very fluffy dog and they are all very understanding about her taking over the kitchen table so she can look out over the garden as she writes and dreams up her Happy Ever Afters.
Marguerite Kaye has written almost sixty historical romances featuring feisty heroines and a strong sense of place and time. She is also co-author with Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York, of two Sunday Times bestsellers, Her Heart for a Compass and A Most Intriguing Lady. Marguerite lives in Argyll on the west coast of Scotland. When not writing, she loves to read, cook, garden, drink martinis, and sew, though rarely at the same time.
Ella Matthews lives and works in beautiful South Wales. She writes medieval romances for Mills & Boon. When not thinking about handsome heroes she can be found walking along the coast with her husband and their two children (probably still thinking about heroes but at least pretending to be interested in everyone else).
Emma-Claire Sunday is on a mission to fill the world’s libraries with queer happily-ever-afters. She has been a playwright, a filmmaker, a preacher, and a competitive spoken word poet—always something different but always a storyteller at heart. She lives in New Jersey with her partner, where they edit each other’s writing, drink an abundance of whole milk, and spend all their money at local bookstores. The Duke’s Sister and I is Emma-Claire’s debut novel and the winner of Harlequin’s Romance Includes You 2023 Mentorship. Connect with her on Instagram: @ec.sunday.author
