Unexpected Love Tales

This novel contains two complete romance stories independent of each other.

Love From Afar

 

In Victorian times, rarely do couples from different classes marry. No money, no nuptials. But can love cross class barriers? Dirt poor farmer, Hamish McKay is a brilliant artist. Never been taught, just natural talent. In the stately Buchanan Hall, the widowed countess and her two wealthy, beautiful daughters are available. One is mad on men and the men who court the Buchanan sisters are seriously loaded. One is a blackguard. Lady Buchanan wants the best chap for both her girls. The penniless painter gains two patrons - a teetotaller and a tosspot. Hamish is commissioned to paint a portrait of the countess. It's superb but disappears. Where is it? Who took it and why? A criminal, a cad and a crooked art dealer conspire to ruin Hamish's romantic dream. Will they succeed? Will he ever find love?

 

All Their Christmases

 

Can an old bloke ever find heart-stirring romantic love? Bachelor Enrico Salvatore, the 71-year-old retired barber, grows perfect vegetables. Life is calm until he applies for a job as Santa at the local shopping complex. It changes his life. But this year, his third with big white whiskers, he works with a Mrs Santa and Enrico falls madly in love with his "wife". A wonderful finale looms large until his greedy great nephews see their inheritance being snatched away by a conniving gold digger. Really? The young men will stop at nothing to wreck the love match. On Christmas Eve with his love life set to soar or be smashed, Enrico is trapped in a deadly child abduction situation. Whatever happened to romance and happy endings? Come on, true love, let's have a heartwarming finale.