Christmas keepsakes

*A Handful of Gold* by Mary Balogh: Julian, an heir to an earldom, offers dancer Blanche money to accompany him to his friends hunting lodge over the holidays & become his mistress

*The Three Gifts* by Julia Justiss: Miles, is critically injured during the war, out of neccessity, he marries Edwina on his supposed death bed

*The Season for Suitors* by Nicola Cornick: Clara needs advice so she goes to the source, Sebastian, she needs to know how to avoid the situations she keeps getting herself into