Sunshine for Christmas by Mary Jo Putney

It was a thoroughly satisfying story.' -A reader ' Sunshine for Christmas, which featured Lord Randolph Lennox, who made an appearance in the novel The Rake, has edged out (Putney's Christmas) Cuckoo as my new favorite (novella) by her.

But doesn't everyone deserve a second chance? A foolish youthful mistake had cost him the woman he loved. (**This story is also available in the author's novella collection, Christmas Revels.)Īuthor's Note: The hero of Sunshine for Christmas was a secondary character in my RITA winning novel, The Rake. Elizabeth matter-of-factly recognizes that of course she'll fall quietly in love with him and nothing will come of it, but she'll have some lovely memories to cherish in her old age.Īs they come to know each other better, Randolph starts thinking thoughts of forever, but that seems impossible-until fate takes an alarming hand. When he proposes that she act as his guide for the next few days, she accepts because they enjoy each other's company.

Miss Elizabeth Walker is between jobs and taking a holiday in Naples when she meets the quiet, handsome Englishman. But the rain clears and as he discovers the city, a pleasant young English governess rescues him from an altercation with a flirtatious girl and her protective family. Chance brings him to Naples-where it's also raining. Lonely and depressed by far too much rain, Lord Randolph Lennox decides on impulse to take the first ship leaving London for the sunny Mediterranean.

Sunshine for Christmas by Mary Jo Putney