His Housekeeper's Christmas Wish Accidentally colliding with Tess Ellery on the icy streets of Ghent is not the way resolute bachelor Alexander Tempest, Viscount Weybourn, intended to start the festive period. He might have mistaken her for a nun, but there's nothing innocent about his reaction to Tess's delicious curves... When Tess is left stranded, Alex is honour-bound to take her home...as his housekeeper! And, despite his long-held rule of spending Christmas alone, Tess's vivacity soon has this brooding lord determined to make all her Christmas wishes come true! His Christmas Countess Grant Rivers, Earl of Allundale, is desperate to get home in time for Christmas. But when he stumbles upon a woman all alone in a tumbledown shack, having a baby out of wedlock, it's his duty to stay and help her. Grant knows all too well the risks of childbirth, and he's witnessed enough tragedy to last a lifetime. So once he's saved her life, Grant is determined to save Kate's reputation too...if she will consent to marrying a stranger on Christmas Day!