Mr. Totton's Christmas Miracle (Millcastle, #6)

Mr. Thomas Totton's life has never been easy, but when he's called upon to help a lady in distress, he uncharacteristically decides to employ her as his housekeeper. Even as he falls under her spell, he's fully aware that she's hiding things, and that at some point there will be a reckoning.
After being forced from her home Elinor Smith is grateful to have finally met a man of integrity. She is happy to remain incognito, but her foolish decision to attend a Christmas party, and a meeting with an irascible viscount lead to her unmasking. Can she salvage her relationship with Mr. Totton or will circumstances beyond her control tear them apart?
A Millcastle Christmas love story.

New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Kate Pearce was born in England in the middle of a large family of girls and quickly found that her imagination was far more interesting than real life. After acquiring a degree in history and barely escaping from the British Civil Service alive, she moved to California and then to Hawaii with her kids and her husband and set about reinventing herself as a romance writer.

She is known for both her unconventional heroes and her joy at subverting romance clichés. In her spare time she self publishes science fiction erotic romance, historical romance, and whatever else she can imagine. You can find Kate on katepearce.com.