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Make Merry at Court ...with three Tudor Christmas stories!

Wed by royal command! Widow Valerie of Florham wants nothing more than to forget her abusive marriage and live peacefully at the mercy of no man. She'd never have dreamed of a liaison with handsome Sir Gil Wolford, but then comes a royal decree--they must wed! Gil craves military conquest in Castile, far from his haunted past. Marriage to Lady Valerie is the last thing he should want, yet both have truths to hide from the rumormongers at court. They have no choice...and, once wed, the marriage bed changes everything!

Hraběnka Cecily nenávidí všechny Francouze, a obzvlášť francouzská rukojmí, která pobývají na anglickém dvoře. Jsou to sice rytíři, ale ona se obává, že právě některý z nich mohl vlastní rukou zabít ve válce jejího otce… Když se ovšem princezna Isabela zamiluje do jednoho z francouzských rytířů, Cecily nezbývá než požádat jeho přítele Marka de Marcela o pomoc, aby jí pomohl tomuto nevhodnému vztahu zabránit. Marc ovšem touží po jediném - vrátit se co nejdříve do rodné Francie. Když už se domnívá, že by se mu to mohlo s Cecilyinou pomocí podařit, najednou si uvědomí, že vlastně touží po něčem docela jiném…

Anne ze Stamfordu, dvorní dáma Jany z Kentu, léta střeží dávné tajemství své paní. Ale když se lady Jana provdá za prince Eduarda, který by se jednoho dne měl stát králem Anglie, přestává být pro ni život u dvora nadále bezpečný. Sir Nicholas Lovayne, který pro tento sňatek získal papežův souhlas, začíná tušit, že není vše tak docela v pořádku, a chce přijít tajemství na kloub. Okolnosti ho sblíží s Anne, k níž zpočátku cítí soucit kvůli její znetvořené noze, poté obdiv a nakonec…

Lady Cecily scorns the French hostages held at court. Treated as honoured guests, the men play at love games - and Cecily fears that her mistress, the Princess, might be disgraced.War-weary chevalier Marc de Marcel wants only to return home. Uncertain whether his ransom will ever be paid, he makes an unlikely alliance with enticing fire and ice Cecily. He'll help her keep the Princess safe from ruin if she'll help him escape. A pact which could lead them into a scandal all their own...

As leader of his clan, Black Rob Brunson has earned every dark syllable of his name. But, having taken hostage his enemy's daughter in a fierce act of rebellion, he is tormented by feelings of guilt and torn apart with the growing need to protect her - and seduce her!

WORD IN THE ROYAL COURT HAS SPREAD THAT THE WILD SCOTTISH BORDERS ARE TOO UNRULY. UPON THE KING'S COMMAND, JOHN BRUNSON MUST RETURN HOME...Once part of a powerful border clan, John has not set sight on the Brunson stone tower in years. With failure never an option, he must persuade his family to honour the King's call for peace. To succeed, John knows winning over the daughter of an allied family, Cate Gilnock, holds the key. But this intriguing beauty is beyond the powers of flattery and seduction. Instead, the painful vulnerability hidden behind her spirited eyes calls out to John as he is inexorably drawn back into the warrior Brunson clan...The Brunson Clan The family who will kneel to no one...