About Kathy
Kathy loves the NFL, NBA,
musical theater, travel, reading, writing, and … karaoke!
A note from Kathy:
A couple of years ago, Amanda McCabe and
I came up with this fabulous idea! Six young women who attended school
together, each looking for their own happily ever after. With a couple of
little twists. Volume one came out last year. Volume two, 12/1. Volumes 3 and 4
in the next couple of years. We have a special things planned down the road
that includes unusual promotional items, but, alas, that is a story for another
day. 😊
About GAMING HELL CHRISTMAS - VOLUME 2:
Mysteries abound at London's most fashionable Hell
The Kerse Who Saved Christmas
Kerse: He, of the no nonsense approach, is stymied by She, a woman
considered long past prime marriageability who needs a keeper more than he
requires a wife. Yet the dreamy-eyed, impractical, and much too optimistic
Philomena still manages to steal his heart despite her unrealistic beliefs and
trust in fortune tellers.
(Also included in this 2 book anthology: THE THIEF WHO STOLE CHRISTMAS by Amanda McCabe)
Excerpt
Of course, no lady’s maid trailed her. The woman needed a
keeper. Didn’t she realize how dangerous it was for a woman? Out and about, alone?
Someone needed to inform her, and it appeared he was the
only one about. Kerse started in her direction, but a tow-headed tyke darted
out and beat him to her, snipping the reticule right off her wrist and was off
like a musket ball.
Her stunned gaze jarred Kerse into action.
The miscreant, who couldn’t have been more than twelve,
proved agile and swift as a… a thief running for the Thames, and in broad
daylight.
Kerse was on him. He swept out an arm but the urchin ducked,
simultaneously tossing Lady Philomena’s reticule several feet away and its
contents scattering.
The wind picked up and Kerse dove for a piece of cardstock,
then went down on his knee to gather the rest of her belongings. A tablet of
paper with feminine scribblings, a small pouch of coins, a stick of graphite, a
lace handkerchief marked with graphite, and a book titled The Castles of
Athlin and Dunbayne. A horrid novel? He should have suspected. His eyes
rolled skyward, and he stuffed everything back in her now soiled reticule,
still holding the card, and glanced down. Then paused. Girls of Wite?
Wearing white?
What was this nonsense? And who the devil was Lady X?
Shaking his head, he noted a tea to be held three days
before Christmas at the La Sous Rose, then hurriedly stuffed the
invitation in as well and strode back down the street meeting Lady Phil halfway.
“Did you—oh, thank heavens,” she gushed. “You were able
to—oh…” Her voice trailed off in dejected disappointment. “It’s ruined.” She
pawed through the clipped opening.
“I’m afraid so,” he said, surprised by the regret welling
through him that he had failed her. “I’m pleased to report your coin pouch is
intact.”
Then her smile lit up the gray day, showcasing the dimple in
her left cheek. An engaging vision he found himself fantasizing many times over
in the depths of night in his lonely bed. “More importantly,” she went on, “you
saved my tablet and book, my lord. Your effort was valiant, and I couldn’t be
more grateful. I don’t know how to thank you, sir.”
Plenty of ideas filled his head of his too-celibate state. Unfortunately, none of which could be shared on a public street. Her smile was so guileless, so innocent, he had to still the uneasy softening of the band across his chest. “Where is your maid, my lady? It is quite inappropriate for you to be unaccompanied,” he said more harshly than he’d intended.
GAMING HELL CHRISTMAS VOLUME 2 is the second steamy Georgian Romance Anthology. Available everywhere!
Download an entire list of Kathy’s books at https://kathylwheeler.com/project/a-gift-for-you/
Kathy and Amanda
Other books by Kathy and Amanda
GAMING HILL CHRISTMAS Volume 1
REGENCY CHRISTMAS KISSES - a collection of short stories
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