With This Christmas Ring
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4.1 • 7 Ratings
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Publisher Description
A wallflower determined to fulfill a dying promise, the rogue she jilted years ago, and an orphaned baby are all brought together amidst the magic of Christmas in this new novella from Manda Collins.
Miss Merry Parks makes a deathbed promise to a schoolfriend that her infant daughter will be taken to her absent father. There’s only one problem—to find the baby’s father, she’ll have to consult his cousin, Viscount Wrotham, the man she jilted five years ago. The man she couldn’t forget.
Alex Ponsonby, Viscount Wrotham, is stunned to find Merry Parks—looking more lovely than ever--on his doorstep with an infant in her arms. His shock soon turns to dismay when he learns his own cousin William is the man who abandoned his wife and child. As head of the family he’s duty bound to see right is done. But he can't let this opportunity pass. He’ll take Merry and the baby to his cousin, but he’ll woo her back in the process.
Merry agrees to travel with Alex and the baby to Wrotham Castle, where the entire Ponsonby family has gathered for Christmas, but her plans to see the baby settled then leave are ruined by a snowstorm. After five years apart, Alex and Merry will spend the week getting reacquainted. Perhaps it’s the spirit of the holiday, or the magic of the season, but there could be something else in the air this Yuletide…A Christmas Reunion.
Customer Reviews
Sweet & Touching Story
With This Christmas Ring, is a delightful, historical fiction, holiday romance.
Merry was uptight about entering the home of Alex Ponsonby, the Viscount Wrotham. Merry never thought that she’d have to face the man she jilted ever again. Her closest friend Charlotte; however, asked Merry, with her dying breath, to find her newborn baby’s father. Unfortunately, the father of this infant was William Ponsonby, her jilted fiancee’s cousin. Merry could see no way around it. She’d have to ask Alex where his cousin William could be located. Merry would carry out her friend’s dying request no matter what it cost her, even though; she’d have to confront Alex Ponsonby, the man she still loved but left behind.
Alex could never understand why Merry left him. He had a strong hunch, though, that his grandmother, the dowager, had something to do with it. So when Merry showed up unexpectedly at his doorstep, Alex was determined to find out just why she had fled. And, then, he would do his best to woo her back into his arms. Alex’s cousin William was with the dowager for the Christmas holiday. So Alex planned to confront his sharp-tongued grandmother, to make sure that she wouldn’t hurt Merry anymore than she already had. And, if his grandmother could not accept Merry then drastic measures would have to be taken. Alex was not about to lose the love of his life, for the second time, that was for sure.
With This Christmas Ring, is an enjoyable and touching story about love, forgiveness, and second chances. Thank you, St. Martin’s Press and NetGalley, for my advanced review copy.
4.5 Stars!!!
4.5 Stars! Such a cute & sweet read! It had a few parts that were kind of surprising & other parts that were sad. It's a pretty short read but I still got pulled in & was rooting for Alex & Merry, the main characters! I think the story had the right amount of what happened 5 years ago & why they didn't work out & who was to blame(Grandmama)! I'm glad to see Alex put his foot down to his Grandmama over Merry! It takes until the ending to find out why his Grandmama spilt Alex & Merry up but it's a good reason, even if it was wrong to spilt the lovebirds apart! You can tell they loved each other & it hasn't stopped. I'm glad they are able to work it out & get their HEA! A cute story that's a perfect fast read near Christmas! (& not near Christmas too, since Christmas isn't really a big part of the story, just the reason they are all at the house party! Oh, & I loved the present Alex got for Merry!! He's so thoughtful!!)
*I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review!*
Nice read.
Alex and a Merry have a grandmother and human obstacles to go around and through to be together again.