The Christmas Foundling

Belles of Christmas: Frost Fair, Book 5

De: Martha Keyes

Narrado por: Stevie Zimmerman

A babe in a manger once saved the world. Can this one save a failing marriage?

Lydia Blakeburn, Baroness Lynham, wants nothing more than to present her husband with an heir, but after five years of marriage, she has all but given up on doing so. What started as a love match has since begun to sour, yet there is nothing Lydia can do to free Miles from a marriage she is certain he regrets. The future they had envisioned together is slipping farther and farther away.

Miles Blakeburn is at his wit's end. Not only has he failed to produce an heir to the family's ancient title, his wife has withdrawn from him entirely. The one thing in the world she wants, he has thus far been unable to give her: a child. He is a failure in every regard.

When they happen upon an abandoned baby at the Frost Fair, Miles simply can't resist the light he sees sparked in his wife's eyes as she holds the child. He agrees to take the foundling in until Christmastide is over, when they will find the babe a permanent home. But, for a couple who's been yearning for a baby for years, the infant can't help but expose all the feelings Lydia and Miles have long been trying to bury, feelings that have the power to bring them back together—or estrange them forever.

*This book deals with the topic of infertility, which can be triggering for some Five Christmas romances and the Frost Fair that started them all. This is the fifth book in the clean and sweet Regency romance Belles of Christmas: Frost Fair series. Although this second chance romance is a stand-alone novel, the books are best enjoyed when listened to in order.

Book 1: Her Silent Knight by Ashtyn Newbold

Book 2: All is Mary and Bright by Kasey Stockton

Book 3: Thawing the Viscount's Heart by Mindy Burbidge Strunk

Book 4: On the Second Day of Christmas by Deborah M. Hathaway

Book 5: The Christmas Foundling by Martha Keyes

©2020 Martha Keyes (P)2023 Paradigm Press

Exceptionally Well Written

This is a Christmas story like none I’ve read before. A beautiful tale of found family, second chances, and choosing joy in difficult circumstances. Martha Keyes does a beautiful job of handling the very complicated, very delicate, and often very layered issue of infertility. The book goes back and forth, telling Miles and Lydia’s story through their present situation and flashbacks from the past that has led them to where they are. This was my second time listening to this book and, once again, I didn’t want it to end. This will definitely be on repeat for me every Christmas.