Once Upon a Christmas
by Diane Farr

After a tragic loss, Celia Delacourt faces the daunting prospect of a lonely life as a governess...or worse. Then her distant cousin, the Duchess of Delacourt, arrives on her doorstep, inviting her to spend Christmas on the family estate. Celia suspects that the reserved noblewoman has an ulterior motive up her expensive sleeve, but nonetheless decides that spending the holidays in a palace will surely surpass spending them in the poorhouse....

Jack Delacourt knows his mother is plotting something when he receives a strange-sounding Christmas invitation that he recognizes as a thinly veiled matchmaking ploy. But if his mother plans to bully him into betrothal with a stranger, Jack is equally prepared with a plan of his own. He meets his cousin Celia with every intention of putting her off. But Celia is not at all what he expected—and they may be about to share the most wonderful Christmas gift of all....

Other Books by Diane Farr

Under a Lucky Star

Under The Wishing Star

Duel Of Hearts

The Fortune Hunter

Fair Game

Diane Farr's Bio

DIANE FARR has spent most of her life with her nose in a book; sometimes reading, sometimes writing. During her first two years as a published author she was a 4-time finalist for the prestigious RITA award, the highest award of excellence in romantic fiction. Her Regency romances have been top vote-getters in the annual All About Romance "readers' favorites" poll and her first novel, The Nobody, received the Romantic Times Reviewers' Choice Award for Best First Regency. She lives in Northern California with two cats, a computer, and the most wonderful husband in the galaxy. You can e-mail her at [email protected] or visit her website at dianefarrbooks.com.