di elisarolle
The
First Snowdrop (1986): When Viscount Merrick inadvertently compromises plain
Anne Parrish, he is obliged to marry her. But he has no intention of living with
her or even seeing her again after settling her on his country estate. When he
arrives at his grandparents' home more than a year later for the occasion of
their fiftieth wedding anniversary, he is enchanted by his first sight of a
lovely stranger. Then he realizes that she is his wife....
Christmas
Belle (1994): Jack Frazer arrives at his grandparents' home for Christmas.
He has resigned himself to announcing his betrothal to the young lady his
grandmother has picked out for him. The family has always entertained itself
with amateur theatricals, but this year his grandmother has an unexpected treat
for them--the presence as an honored guest of the famous actress, Isabella
Gellée, Comtesse de Vacheron. The last time Jack saw her was nine years before
when he had loved her passionately. But she had been a struggling actress then
and his mistress--and she had abandoned him without a word of farewell.