Father Christmas
by Barbara Metzger

A war hero's widow, Graceanne still has her darling, three-year-old twin boys to love. Then the Duke of Ware simply decides to help himself to one of her children. After all, the Duke reasons, he needs an heir—and she has a boy to spare. Graceanne will fight him with all her might. But it is Christmas, after all, and 'tis the season of forgiveness. The gentleman is indeed a charming rake, but there's no chance this mother will allow him her child—or her heart, though she has a sneaking suspicion that he's conspiring for both...

Barbara Metzger's Bio

Barbara Metzger is the author of over three dozen books and a dozen novellas. She has also been an editor, a proof-reader, a greeting card verse-writer, and an artist. When not painting, writing romances or reading them, she volunteers at the local library, gardens and goes beach-combing and yard-saling.

Her novels, mostly set in Regency-era England, have won numerous awards, including the Romance Writers of America RITA, the National Reader's Choice Award, and the Madcap award for humor in romance writing. In addition, Barbara has won two Career Achievement Awards from Romantic Times Magazine.