
And in the miraculous blossoming of a glorious romance at a long ago Christmastime, there are wise and well-learned lessons that will enrich the hearts of the Malory descendants - and, indeed, of everyone who has ever dreamed. d giving and love, as two extraordinary people seperated by cicumstance of birth begin a passionate dance of will and wiles. But miracles have been known to happen in this season of peace an. Though the dashing English lord Anastasia sets her sight upon burns for the exquisite, exotic miss, Christopher could never consent to wed such a lowborn lady. The gift is an old journal - a tender and tempestuous account of the love affair between the second Marquis, ChristopherMalory, and a dark gypsy beauty named Anastasia, who seeks a love match with a non-gypsy in order to save herself from a prearranged marriage to a brute.


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