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    Lady Patience's Christmas Kitten
    Lady Patience's Christmas Kitten
    Lady Patience's Christmas Kitten
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    Lady Patience's Christmas Kitten

    By Ava Stone

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    Lady Patience Post is about to lose the one thing she really wants for Christmas – the sweetest kitten in all the world. But unless she can figure out a way to save the little ball of fluff, her brother will toss the cat unceremoniously out into the snow. Luckily, a summons from the Duke of Danby arrives at the perfect time for a feline reprieve. Now if only the little Angora can behave himself in Yorkshire over the holidays so she can devise the perfect plan to keep him.

    Doctor Matthew Campion was not part of the plan. But after he treats Patience for an infected kitten bite, she can't help falling completely in love with the handsome and thoughtful doctor. But will her family and the duke approve?

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAva Stone
    Release dateJul 1, 2016
    ISBN9781311724830
    Lady Patience's Christmas Kitten
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    Ava Stone

    Ava Stone is a USA Today bestselling author of Regency historical romance and college age New Adult romance. Whether in the 19th Century or the 21st, her books explore deep themes but with a light touch. A single mother, Ava lives outside Raleigh NC, but she travels extensively, always looking for inspiration for new stories and characters in the various locales she visits.

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      Lady Patience's Christmas Kitten - Ava Stone

      Lady Patience’s Christmas Kitten

      LADY PATIENCE’S CHRISTMAS KITTEN

      AVA STONE

      NIGHT SHIFT PUBLISHING

      Copyright © 2016 by Ava Stone

      All rights reserved.

      No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means, including information storage and retrieval systems, without written permission from the author, except for the use of brief quotations in a book review.

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      DEDICATION

      For my sister Jill. I love you. ~Ava

      CONTENTS

      A Letter From the Duke

      One

      Two

      Three

      Four

      Five

      Six

      Seven

      Eight

      Nine

      Ten

      SNEAK PEEK - Lady Hope’s Dashing Devil

      Chapter 1

      About the Author

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      A LETTER FROM THE DUKE

      Wayward Niece,

      I feel I have neglected to provide the proper direction you and your daughters are in desperate need of since your parents have been gone these many years. For that neglect, I do hope my brother will forgive me beyond the grave. I will, however, rectify my neglect immediately as I am certain you do not wish for your girls to follow in your impetuous and scandalous footsteps.

      Fortunately for them, scandal is not in the blood. Otherwise I would not waste a second of my time with concern over your daughters and would believe their causes to be quite lost. As things stand, however, I believe they can be saved from themselves and from your lax guardianship of them. Therefore, I will expect the four of you to attend me this Christmas at Danby Castle so I might determine the best course of action for each of you.

      ONE

      Highfield Park, Buckinghamshire ~ December 1816

      T hat’s hardly fair, Braden, Lady Patience Post complained as her oldest half-brother, the Marquess of Bradenham, frowned at her from behind his large mahogany desk. And it wasn’t fair. He had told her, after all that, she could keep Ashes and now he was insisting she could not.

      It has nothing to do with fairness, Patience. Braden scrubbed a hand down his face as though she was the one being unreasonable. The cat—

      "His name is Ashes, Patience returned, thinking it might be harder for Braden to toss her beloved little kitten from Highfield Park if he had to acknowledge that Ashes had a name. And he’s the first thing that’s made Hope smile since we returned from Ravenglass."

      "Callie is sneezing constantly. Her eyes itch and they water. Her nose is as red as an overripe raspberry. She is completely miserable, Patience. And in her delicate condition, you cannot expect her to endure such a fate just so you can keep your kitten."

      It was true. Her sister-in-law did seem quite miserable and prone to sneezing fits whenever Ashes was in the vicinity. And she was newly expectant. But it wasn’t the kitten’s fault that Callie couldn’t control her sneezing and watery eyes. He hadn’t done anything that would warrant him being thrown from the manor like an unwanted vagrant.

      If her sister-in-law wasn’t of the sweetest disposition, Patience might think her sneezing fits were all a mean spirited performance of some sort. After all, no one else experienced such an attack whenever Ashes came near. That was it!

      I promise to keep him locked in my room, Braden, she vowed. I won’t let him go near her.

      Patience, he began, sounding rather impatient, not that she was in the mood to remark upon the irony. I don’t believe—

      But whatever Braden meant to say was cut off when Mama burst into the room, brandishing a piece of foolscap in the air. Braden! she nearly shrieked, which was not like Mama at all. For one thing, she was generally poised and for another she rarely sought out Braden for anything. When Patience gasped, Mama looked in her direction and took a steadying breath, and it appeared as though she was trying to pull herself together. Patience, I need a word with your brother.

      Which might actually work to Patience’s benefit if she was going to find a way to save Ashes. Braden had been about to demand she get rid of the tiny little Angora, but Mama’s entrance had prevented him from making that decree. At least for the moment.

      Of course, Mama! She leapt out of her chair and hastened toward the corridor. And although time was of the essence as far as saving Ashes from being expelled from Highfield, Mama’s behavior was quite curious. So, Patience stopped right outside the door and did what she and her identical sisters had always done to learn information in this manor, she eavesdropped, quite shamelessly.

      Is everything all right, my lady? Braden asked.

      Hardly. Mama sounded positively beside herself. I’ve just received word from my uncle and—

      The Duke of Danby?

      A whimper escaped Mama. Read this.

      Silence echoed from the room as Braden must have perused whatever was written on that foolscap. He does sound gruff, her brother finally replied. But I hardly see what there is to be upset about.

      "He criticized us both in that letter. You’re just as responsible for those girls as I am."

      More so, he grumbled slightly. But it cannot be a surprise to you that His Grace would have heard about their exploits, madam. Hope made quite the spectacle of herself this last season and—

      She has been quite despondent since Lord Kilworth’s death.

      It is no secret that I think those three run rather wild. If the Duke of Danby thinks he can map out a course of action for each of them, I am quite happy to let him try.

      What in the world was that about? Patience nearly gasped, but doing so would only give away her position.

      You want your sisters to leave Highfield for Christmas? Mama’s voice raised an octave. Now that you have a child on the way, you want to wash your hands of your sisters? You’re happy to foist the responsibility of them upon my domineering uncle? I hadn’t thought it of you. Her words came out faster, more frantic. I thought you—

      Come now, Katharine, Braden said in a voice that was rather domineering as well. From the letter, I’d wager you’re mostly concerned with your own scandalous past being brought to light and very little to do with the wellbeing of your daughters. If you were concerned about them, you would welcome any assistance His Grace has to offer.

      Mama gasped, and Patience’s heart stopped in her chest. Scandalous past? What in the world was her brother referring to? Mama had never done one scandalous thing in her life as far as Patience knew. In fact, she and Braden were usually of a mind – a very strict and unyielding mind.

      How dare you? Mama finally said.

      "I dare because I am concerned about the three of them. Your past with my father aside, I love my sisters. I always have. So have Sarah pack your belongings. The four of you will spend the holidays in Yorkshire this year. I think it’s a brilliant suggestion."

      There was a finality in

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