Madeleine's Christmas Wish by Ella Quinn is a festive holiday novella, 6th in her Marriage Game series of f/m historical Regency romances, though technically this one is more of a Napoleonic one featuring an expat French former spy and the also French abducted old flame he rescues from a dire fate via the obligatory fake marriage scheme under which true feelings arise, free courtesy of publisher Kensington's eKensington imprint.
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Description
The bachelors in Ella Quinn's Marriage Game series make a habit of resisting the irresistible. But during the season for giving, surrendering to temptation may be the greatest gift of all. . .
A French spy, Georges, Marquis Cruzy-le-Châtel, has lived in England for years, sacrificing his life for his country—but not his heart. For he's never been able to forget his childhood friend, Madeleine. And now, in her hour of need, he is there to rescue her. . .
The victim of a ruthless statesman, Madeleine, Comtesse du Beaune, has been abducted and sent to England to work in a brothel. Her greatest wish is to return home for Christmas, and her only hope of it is to marry Georges—though she will be his wife in name alone. Yet as they steal across the snowy countryside, Georges decides to woo her—with kisses that melt the winter's frost and leave her longing for a holiday miracle. . .