Mischief and Mistletoe
by Anne Gracie, Patricia Rice, Jo Beverley, Mary Jo Putney, Joanna Bourne
Kensington Publishing
Historical Romance: Regency, Historical Romance: Anthology
September 25, 2012
ISBN-10: 1420124862
ISBN-13: 9781420124866
Available in: Trade Size
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Mischief and Mistletoe
by Anne Gracie, Patricia Rice, Jo Beverley, Mary Jo Putney, Joanna Bourne
In this sparkling holiday collection, eight acclaimed authors unwrap the most daring of Regency delights...
Christmastime in England—a time for passionate secrets, delicious whispers, and wicked-sweet gifts by the fire. From a spirited lady who sets out to save her rakish best friend from an unsuitable engagement, to a bold spy who gets the unexpected chance to win the woman he’s always loved, to a vicar’s daughter who pretends to be a saucy wench, these holiday tales will make you curl up in front of the fire for a memorable season of mischief and mistletoe...
Jo Beverley, Mary Jo Putney, Patricia Rice, Nicola Cornick, Susan Fraser King, Anne Gracie, Joanna Bourne, and Cara Elliott are the ladies otherwise known as the Word Wenches. These eight authors have written a combined 231 novels and 74 novellas. They’ve won awards such as the RITAS, RT Lifetime Achievement award, RT Living Legend, and RT Reviewers Choice award. Several of them are regulars on the New York Times and USA Today bestseller lists. Learn more at www.wordwenches.com.
“a sweet gift for the reader” —Publishers Weekly
“These romantic, passionate, humorous, exciting quick reads are delectable tidbits, confections that charm and delight.” —Kathe Robin, RT Book Reviews
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Anne Gracie's Bio
Anne Gracie was born in Australia, but lived in Scotland, Greece and Malaysia, as well as different parts of Australia, because of her Dad's job. The moving taught her a) that it's horrible being "the new girl" b) that the world is a pretty terrific place and c) that moving teaches you to be good at accents.
Anne's first job was in a dog and cat boarding kennels,
where she soon realized the job was not playing with the
animals, but scooping up lots of you-know-what. 
She's
also a whizz at giving pills to cats. A voluntary job
teaching women with little kids English in their home made
her decide to become a teacher and she's done it ever
since, with bouts of traveling in between.
From her family she inherited a love of books and story- telling, a deep romantic streak (her great-grandfather wooed her great-grandmother with poetry and horses), a love of music and a penchant for keeping honeybees.
One year while traveling Anne started writing a story (very badly) in a series of notebooks. That story never got published, but the writing bug had bitten hard and she kept trying. Her first published book was a Rita finalist, and she recently won the National Readers Choice Award and the Australian Category Romance Book of the Year.