The Girl is Not For Christmas
Book description
Miss Olivia Penrose is a lost cause and she knows it. She is just too stubborn to admit defeat.
After a series of disastrous investments, her family is on the brink of bankruptcy. Now, Olivia is the only thing standing between her brother Charlie’s rapidly growing family and penury. Olivia…
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1 author picked The Girl is Not For Christmas as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
Nice banter, endearing characters, and a clever ending twist are wrapped in the Christmas antics of a newly impoverished, scapegrace family. Misfits for unwanted, arranged marriages, "plain Jane" Olivia helps rescue her brother’s friend, a depraved libertine known as the King of Sin, from himself, discovering her own resilience and strength in the process.
From Elisabeth's list on film worthy regency era Christmas.
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