Miss Bainbridge’s Christmas Party

By Debbie Mumford

It's December of 1830 in Albany, NY, and Miss Clarissa Bainbridge is planning the perfect Christmas party. She has one last invitation to hand deliver before she can attend to all the last minute details the social event of the season requires.

 

Will Sir Gerald and Lady Helena attend? English nobility so rarely grace Albany with their presence during the holidays, and the Lanningtons only arrived yesterday. A last minute invitation, while not quite proper, will have to do.

 

But fate has other plans for Miss Bainbridge as she alights from her carriage to deliver the invitation…

• Language: English
• Publisher: WDM Publishing
• Release date: Dec 17, 2022
• ISBN: 9798215122853

Debbie Mumford

Debbie Mumford specializes in speculative fiction—fantasy, paranormal romance, and science fiction. Author of the popular Sorcha’s Children series, Debbie loves the unknown, whether it’s the lure of space or earthbound mythology. Her work has been published in multiple volumes of Fiction River, as well as in Heart’s Kiss Magazine, Spinetingler Magazine, and other popular markets. She writes about dragon-shifters, time-traveling lovers, and ghostly detectives for adults as Debbie Mumford and contemporary fantasy for tweens and young adults as Deb Logan.

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Miss Bainbridge’s Christmas Party

Miss Bainbridge’s Christmas Party

Debbie Mumford

WDM Publishing

Contents

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

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Chapter One

Miss Clarissa Bainbridge extended her white gloved hand to the footman and stepped into her father’s well maintained black carriage. After tucking the woolen lap robe across her knees, she slid her gloved fingers into the depths of her white rabbit fur muff and sighed happily. Everything was in readiness for tonight’s Christmas party. She had only to hand deliver one last invitation. Sir Gerald Lannington and his mother, Lady Helena, had only arrived in Albany yesterday evening, and this was Clarissa’s first opportunity to issue their invitation. She did so hope they would be able to attend, despite the short notice.

After all, the party she had arranged would be the highlight of Albany’s Christmas season. So many new trimmings in this Year of Our Lord 1830. Why gift-giving was now considered de rigueur and decorated fir trees were just coming into style, and Clarissa had ensured that her party was up to snuff in both areas! She and her mother and their maids had spent countless hours stringing popcorn and cranberries, making cut paper ornaments, and sewing small lace bags that would hold favors of hard candies and sugared nuts to be provided to each guest as a token gift as they gathered their great coats and pelisses to depart.

Everything was arranged to perfection, but the evening could only be enhanced by the presence of English nobility. It wasn’t often that such refined personages deigned to