{"product_id":"2940153732725","title":"Holly and Hopeful Hearts","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Bluestocking Belles' 2016 Holiday Boxed Set\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen the Duchess of Haverford sends out invitations to a Yuletide house party and a New Year’s Eve ball at her country estate, Hollystone Hall, those who respond know that Her Grace intends to raise money for her favorite cause and promote whatever marriages she can. Eight assorted heroes and heroines set out with their pocketbooks firmly clutched and hearts in protective custody. Or are they?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Suitable Husband, by Jude Knight\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs the Duchess of Haverford’s companion, Cedrica Grenford is not treated as a poor relation and is encouraged to mingle with Her Grace’s guests. Perhaps among the gentlemen gathered for the duchess’s house party, she will find a suitable husband?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eValuing Vanessa, by Susana Ellis\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFacing a dim future as a spinster under her mother’s thumb, Vanessa Sedgely makes a practical decision to attach an amiable gentleman who will not try to rule her life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Kiss for Charity, by Sherry Ewing\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYoung widow Grace, Lady de Courtenay, has no idea how a close encounter with a rake at a masquerade ball would make her yearn for love again.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eArtemis, by Jessica Cale\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eActress Charlotte Halfpenny is in trouble. Pregnant, abandoned by her lover, and out of a job, Charlotte faces eviction two weeks before Christmas. When the reclusive Earl of Somerton makes her an outrageous offer, she has no choice but to accept. Could he be the man of her dreams, or is the nightmare just beginning?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Bluestocking and the Barbarian, by Jude Knight\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJames must marry to please his grandfather, the duke, and to win social acceptance for himself and his father’s other foreign-born children. But only Lady Sophia Belvoir makes his heart sing, and to win her he must invite himself to spend Christmas at the home of his father’s greatest enemy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChristmas Kisses, by Nicole Zoltack\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLouisa Wycliff, Dowager Countess of Exeter wants only for her darling daughter, Anna, to find a man she can love and marry. Appallingly, Anna has her sights on a scoundrel of a duke who chases after every skirt he sees. Anna truly thinks the dashing duke cares for her, but her mother has her doubts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn Open Heart, by Caroline Warfield\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEsther Baumann longs for a loving husband who will help her create a home where they will teach their children to value the traditions of their people, but she wants a man who is also open to new ideas and happy to make friends outside their narrow circle. Is it so unreasonable to ask for toe curling passion as well?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDashing Through the Snow, by Amy Rose Bennett\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHeadstrong bluestocking, Miss Kate Woodville, never thought her Christmas would be spent racing across England with a viscount hell-bent on vengeance. She certainly never expected to find love...\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bluestocking Belles","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47111350747376,"sku":"2940153732725","price":5.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940153732725_p0.jpg?v=1764055249","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940153732725","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}