"CHRISTMAS ANGEL"--by JO BEVERLY--Searching for a sensible woman to marry, especially since he seems unable to fall in love, Leander Knollis, Earl of Charrington, finds a suitable candidate in Judith Rossiter, a poor young widow with two small children, and as they embark on a marriage of convenience, unexpected love blossoms between them.
Christmas Angel
Weary of war and
diplomatic wandering, Leander Knollis, Earl of Charrington, wants a
home, a wife, and a good old-fashioned English Christmas. As he seems
unable to fall in love, however, he will only consider a marriage of
convenience to a sensible woman. He is beginning to despair when he
encounters the perfect candidate, a woman so devoted to her late
husband's memory that no one thinks she could ever love again.
Judith
Rossiter is in no position to turn down the astonishing proposal, but
it worries her. Why would an earl, and a most attractive one at that,
offer marriage to an impoverished widow with two young children? At
least his main condition should be easy enough to fulfill. After the
folly of Judith's first marriage, a sensible rather than a sentimental
union is exactly what she wants. Or so she believes when she says her
vows...
Jo Beverley
Mary Josephine Dunn was born 22
September 1947 in Lancashire, England, UK. At the age of eleven she went
to an all-girls boarding school, Layton Hill Convent, Blackpool. At
sixteen, she wrote her first romance, with a medieval setting, completed
in installments in an exercise book. From 1966 to 1970, she obtained a
degree in English history from Keele University in Staffordshire, where
she met her future husband, Ken Beverley. After graduation, they married
on June 24, 1971. She quickly attained a position as a youth employment
officer until 1976, working first in Newcastle-under-Lyme,
Staffordshire, and then in West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire.
In
1976, her scientist husband was invited to do post-doctoral research at
Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. When her
professional qualifications proved not to be usable in the Canadian
labour market, she raised their two sons and started to write her first
romances.
Moved to Ottawa, in 1985 she became a founding member
of the Ottawa Romance Writers’ Association, that her “nurturing
community” for the next twelve years. The same year, she completed a
regency romance, but it was promptly rejected by a number of publishers,
and she settled more earnestly to learning the craft. In 1988, it sold
to Walker, and was published as "Lord Wraybourne's Betrothed". She
regularly appears on bestseller lists including the USA Today overall
bestseller list, the New York Times, and and the Publishers Weekly list.
She has been the recipient of numerous awards including the Golden
Leaf, the Award of Excellence, the National Readers Choice, and a two
Career Achievement awards from Romantic Times. She is also a five time
winner of the RITA, the top award of the Romance Writers Of America, and
a member of their Hall of Fame and Honor Roll.
Sadly, Jo Beverley passed away on May 23, 2016 after a long battle with cancer.
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