title: In Need of Angels: Stories of Christmas
author:  Louise Richards 
description: Louise Richards is a story teller who weaves tales with genuine characters and relevant story lines. She has a variety of work and education experience from conservation to mental health. A mother of four children, she is finding more time for writing as she enters the empty nest years alongside her husband and menagerie of pets.
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  ANNABEL’S
  
  CHRISTMAS
  
  Rake
  
  {Swan Sisters, Holiday Novella}
  
  JILLIAN EATON
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  THE INNOCENT AND THE RAKE…
  
  “Hello,” she said softly. “My name is Annabel Blackbourne.”
  
  “Lucas O’Brian,” he managed hoarsely.
  
  She blinked. Now that they were face to face, he could see her eyes were a
  bright, brilliant green framed by thick black lashes. She was light as a
  feather, although if the breasts he felt against his chest were any indication
  there were plenty of curves hiding beneath her layers of clothing.
  
  In the mess and the mayhem she’d lost her hat, and her golden curls spilled
  around her flushed cheeks and slender, swan-like neck in a curtain of silk
  Lucas’ fingers itched to touch.
  
  The lass may have been an innocent, but there was no denying she was also a
  ravishing beauty. Surely in this one instance he could make an exception to
  his no-virgin rule, if only for the few moments it would take for her
  companions to reach them and reclaim their fallen comrade.
  
  “Thank you