The Countess's Christmas Courtship

When a fiercely independent young widow hosts a Christmas house party to avoid London matchmakers, the last person she expects to rekindle her heart is her childhood friend-a war-weary major who once broke it.

Countess Julia Fairfax has spent two years proving she can manage her estate without a husband, but pressure to remarry drives her to host a Christmas house party as a distraction. Her carefully laid plans unravel when Major Alexander Reid, her childhood friend and first love, arrives seeking peace from war memories. As snowfall traps them together at Merryweather Manor, old feelings resurface-but Julia must decide if protecting her independence is worth sacrificing a second chance at love with the one man who might actually understand her need for it.