Wish Upon a Christmas Candle

<p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>It is almost Christmas 1816 but there will be no feasting or family celebration for Ellie Carmichael an isolated young widow left destitute when her husband committed suicide to avoid his debts. All she has is her beloved small daughter four year old Amy who has never accepted her father's death and puts a candle in the window to guide my papa home.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> One bitterly cold night a stranger collapses on Ellie's doorstep a man with no boots no memories and no name a man who swiftly enchants Ellie and her daughter alike. Now Ellie must protect her daughter her virtue and her heart from the stranger for who knows what his secrets may be?</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> Previously published as </span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>The Virtuous Widow</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> </span></p><p><br></p>