A Ramshackle Start: Naughty and Nice, #7

By Heather Boyd

Tessa Abbott had never known contentment until she came to stay with her distant cousins, the Coopers. But it's the eve of a wedding, and nothing will ever be the same again. When the bride and groom finally leave, Mrs. Cooper will be taking a holiday, and Tessa will be sent away from the only place she's ever wanted to be...at home with the man of her dreams.

 

When Robin Cooper took in Tessa Abbott, he found a kindred, though wary, spirit he soon wished to spend the rest of his life with. But finding opportunities to declare his interest has been impossible with his family demanding almost all of Tessa's attention. So he's made a plan for after the wedding. She's the plan. She just doesn't know it yet.

 

A Naughty and Nice standalone regency romance short story.

 

Naughty and Nice series:
1. One Wicked Night
2. In the Widow's Bed
3. Love Me Tender
4. Love Me True
5. Wicked Mourning
6. A Husband for Mary
7. A Ramshackle Start
8. Let it Snow
9. Coming Together
10. Unforgettable

• Language: English
• Publisher: Heather Boyd
• Release date: Dec 1, 2020
• ISBN: 9781925239867

Heather Boyd

USA Today Bestselling Author Heather Boyd believes every character she creates deserves their own happily-ever-after—no matter how much trouble she puts them through. With that goal in mind, she writes steamy romances that skirt the boundaries of propriety to keep readers enthralled until the wee hours of the morning. Heather has published over fifty regency romance novels and shorter works full of daring seductions and distinguished rogues. She lives north of Sydney, Australia, with her trio of rogues and a four-legged overlord.  Find out more at: www.Heather-Boyd.com

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A Ramshackle Start

A RAMSHACKLE START

NAUGHTY AND NICE

BOOK SEVEN

HEATHER BOYD

WWW.HEATHER-BOYD.COM

His sister’s wedding was supposed to clear the way for his courtship of the woman he adores…not end it before it can even begin.

CONTENTS

Copyright

Naughty and Nice

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Let it Snow

NEW SERIES: SCANDALOUS BRIDES

Also by Heather Boyd

About Heather

Copyright © 2020 by Heather Boyd

ISBN: 978-1-925239-86-7

Editing by Kelli Collins

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This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents are products of the author’s imagination or are used facetiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or locales is entirely coincidental.

NAUGHTY AND NICE

Other Books in the Series

One Wicked Night

In the Widow’s Bed

Love Me Tender

Love Me True

Wicked Mourning

A Husband for Mary

A Ramshackle Start

Let it Snow

Coming Together

Unforgettable

CHAPTER 1

Saying goodbye to Mr. Robin Cooper was very much on Tessa Abbott’s mind as her last full day in his home ended. Unfortunately, her cousin’s mind was focused on an entirely different gentleman.

Oh, please say yes to William’s brother’s offer of marriage. We could be sisters then, not just distant cousins, Anna Cooper pressed as the candle sputtered and died, leaving them in complete darkness in Tessa’s bedchamber. I know you like George Leven enough to at least consider him, Anna argued without the faintest idea she was so very wrong.

Tessa was, unfortunately, already in love, and to give George false hope, or marry him, would be cruel in the extreme.

 Tessa lay on her back and stared into the darkness above her head as she grappled with the best way to decline her cousin’s suggestion without revealing her reasons for doing so. I don’t like him enough to marry him. I was only being polite for your sake. I never meant to encourage a serious attachment, she revealed in a whisper.

Well, George is mad for you, no matter what you did or didn’t do. He talks about you all the time. He’s even talked about leasing a property on the same street where William and me will live, too, Anna assured her as they lay under the comforter of Tessa’s bed together, as they’d done on so many other nights before this one. Tessa had been a guest of the Cooper family for some time, a recipient of their charity and surprisingly warm affection. "You have to marry someone eventually to have a family of your own. Why not marry George?"

Of course, Tessa wanted a family, but it didn’t seem likely