High Seas & High Stakes

When Mother Nature is in the mood for a Christmas miracle,anythingcan happenHeidi Lewis never thought her best friend would abandon her. She was wrong. Because when he came home from London with a fiance who despised her, their lifelong relationship died. But now he's back. And while she'd love to give him a second chance, she's just not sure her heart could stand losing him againMatthew Stanford knows he made a mistake when he let Heidi go. Now that his horrible betrothed is firmly in his past where she belongs, he wants nothing more for the holidays than to win back his childhood friend's trust. It won't be easy. But he'ssureHeidi's worth the troubleWhen fateand a devastating stormstrands them together, Heidi and Matthew realize their feelings for each other are decidedlyromanticthis time around. And that it'll take more than the magic of the season to get them to happily ever after

After two failed seasons in town, May Stanford sees her future no longer with her family, but in a nearby convent where she'll not be anyone's financial burden. But before she can embark on her new life, May must complete her dealings with the local smugglers, men who have kept a roof over her family's head during frugal times. One last Christmas at home and her life would change forever. So when William Scott, the Earl of Grandison arrives and crumbles her perfectly planned future to rubble, May is less than pleased.William, Lord Grandison works for the Crown, and is determined to catch the nuisance Englishmen who dare smuggle along the Cornwall coast. William has never veered from his pursuit of these men working against the law, that was until he meets May Stanford, the maddening daughter of his host for Christmas. May drives him to distraction and forces him to admit to feelings he has never felt before.But when May and William discover the crippling truth of each other, their secrets will threaten to tear them apart.