Holiday House Parties (19 page)

Authors: Elizabeth; Mansfield

“We'll both face them. Together.” But instead of making an attempt to rise, he gathered her into his arms for one more embrace. “I promise we'll go,” he murmured in besotted content, “in a little while.”

But just as he was about to kiss her again, he stiffened, stopped short, pulled a handkerchief from his pocket, and raised it to his nose barely in time to meet a very hearty sneeze. “Dash it all,” he muttered after the explosion, “I
have
caught your blasted cold!”

“But, my dear,” she murmured, nuzzling his neck, “you can't blame me. I did warn you.â¦”

About the Author

Elizabeth Mansfield is a pseudonym of Paula Schwartz, which she used for more than two dozen Regency romances. Schwartz also wrote an American immigrant family saga,
A Morning Moon
, as Paula Reibel, and two American history romancesâ
To Spite the Devil
, as Paula Jonas, and
Rachel's Passage
, as Paula Reid.

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Cover design by Andy Ross

ISBN: 978-1-5040-4006-8

This edition published in 2016 by Open Road Integrated Media, Inc.

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