Merry Belles

Chapter 1 Lady Loughton’s Last Wager

LADY LOUGHTON’S LAST WAGER

BY ALINA K. FIELD

When her son escapes school just before Christmas to attend a boxing match, the dowager Lady Loughton seizes the opportunity to avoid a holiday party encounter with the disreputable Lord Lindhorst who’s been pursuing her.

Arriving at the inn where the match was held, she finds her son isn’t there—but Lindhorst is.

Knowing the frigid weather will strand them, Lindhorst seizes his own opportunity to convince the delectable lady he’s not as bad as she thinks.