The Twelfth Night Wager

By: Regan Walker

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

“A tale told with humour and heart; the perfect read for a cold winter's night.” – Good Friends, Good Books

An evening at White’s with his friend Lord Ormond gave rise to Christopher St. Ives, Viscount Eustace’s scandalous wager: Eustace must seduce, bed and walk away from the lovely Lady Leisterfield, all by Twelfth Night. A challenge, indeed, since Grace, Lady Leisterfield, was known to all as a virtuous widow.

With her husband having passed a year ago, Grace shed the drab colors of mourning to don an elegant gown for her theater outing with Muriel, the Dowager Countess of Claremont. Rogues would attend, promised the countess, and the possibility excited Grace. She had no idea she was the subject of a wager agreed to by the handsome, dashing and dangerous man called The Redheaded Rake.

Meddling friends set the stage for romance

Charming Christmas story about a beautiful widow trying to resist the lure of an inveterate rake while he attempts to resist emotional entanglements with her.