New Year’s Resolutions: Regency Christmas Short Stories Book 3

Future duke Gabe isn’t looking forward to his search for a wife and poor baron’s daughter Juliet is avoiding the entire marriage business, until their mothers make new year resolutions for them, further complicating their lives.Gabriel Tristan Ashpole, Viscount Barwell, is 25 and heir to a duchy. Gabe doesn’t feel he deserves his rank and status. He was the ‘spare’ until his brother, the heir, tragically died when they were children. He doesn’t want the responsibility of the duchy and he certainly doesn’t want to marry and raise an heir of his own. Until he meets Juliet.By hiding with the wallflowers at society events, Juliet Rose Mitchell is avoiding marriage. As the youngest daughter of a poor baron she hopes she can slip by as a closet bluestocking without her parents noticing. She’s seen what marriage can do to her sisters and friends and she doesn’t want it, thank you very much. Until she meets Gabe, but he’s so far above her, she thinks she’s safe. He couldn’t want a struggling baron’s daughter with no dowry as his duchess, could he?Note for Readers: This series is ‘Clean & Wholesome’, meaning the stories contain emotional intimacy, but don’t include graphic physical scenes between characters.TropesDuke RomanceRegency Christmas RomanceClean and WholesomeWallflower and dukeFriends to loversHappy ever after endingRegency Christmas Short Stories seriesBook 1: A Christmas BetrothalBook 2: A Christmas InvitationBook 3: New Year’s ResolutionsConnected to this series: Crisis at Christmas