No Groom at the Inn

Megan Framptons delightful characters and delicious sense of humor always entertain!- Sabrina JeffriesIn this Dukes Behaving Badly holiday novella, a young lady entertains a sudden proposal of marriageto a man shes only just metWhat does a lady do when a man shes never seen before offers his hand in marriage? Lady Sophronia Bettesford doesnt scream and run away. Instead, she accepts the shocking proposition. After all, whats her other choice? To live with her cousin, caring for six children and a barnyard full of chickens?James Archer has roamed the world, determined never to settle down. Hes faced danger and disasterhe fears nothing and no oneexcept his mother and her matchmaking ways. So when ordered to attend a Christmastime house party filled with holiday cheer and simpering young misses, he producesa fiance!Sophronia and James vow to pretend to be in love for one month. But when they promise to give each other a Christmas kiss, it becomes clear that this pact made out of necessity might just be turning into love.An Avon Romance