title: Christmas Brides: Three Regency Novellas
author:  Cheryl Bolen 
description: Cheryl Bolen is the acclaimed author of more than a dozen Regency-set historical romance novels. Her books have placed in several writing contests, including the Daphne du Maurier, and have been translated into 11 languages. She was named Notable New Author in 1999, and in 2006 she won the Holt Medallion (Honoring Outstanding Literary Talent) for Best Short Historical Novel. In 2012 she won Best Historical in the International Digital Awards for eBooks published the prior year, and one of her 2011 novellas won Best Historical Novella. Her books have become Barnes &amp; Noble and Amazon bestsellers. A former journalist who admits to a fascination with dead Englishwomen, Cheryl is a regular contributor to The Regency Plume, The Regency Reader, and The Quizzing Glass. Many of her articles can found on her website, www.CherylBolen.com, and more recent ones on her blog, www.CherylsRegencyRamblings.wordpress.com. Readers are welcomed at both places. Cheryl holds a dual degree in English and journalism from the University of Texas, and she earned a master's degree from the University of Houston. She and her professor husband are the parents of two sons, one who is an attorney, and the other a journalist. Her favorite things to do are watching the Longhorns, reading letters and diaries of Georgian Englishmen, and traveling to England.
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  **The Wedding Caper Series By Laura Briggs**
  
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   _Table of Contents_
  
    
  
    
  
  _The Wedding Caper_
  
    
  
  _The Holiday Bride_
  
    
  
  _The Bride Has Two Faces_
  
    
  
  _A_ ___Christmas Caper_
  
    
  
    
  
    
  
  The Wedding Caper
  
    
  
  by
  
    
  
  Laura Briggs
  
    
    
  
  Gwendolen Lynch burst from the florist's shop as if escaping a hostage crisis,
  her arms wrapped around a paper bundle. Pushing her way through the cr