On this frigid Christmas eve, everyone should be snug in front of a glowing hearth. But orphaned and impoverished, Lady Patience St. Claire is trapped in her overturned coach, wondering how much lower her luck can fall. The Earl of Beaumont cannot believe his good fortune. The very female who captured his interest and then spurned him a year earlier is at his mercy. He takes her to his brightly lit manor house, offering hospitality...