Previously published in the print anthologies Five Gold Rings and A Historical Christmas Present. Brinna a twelfth-century scullery maid gets the chance to play a lady—and win the true love of an impoverished lord. Her fate changes when a new guest Lady Joan arrives at the castle. Desperate to escape her arranged marriage to Royce of Thurleah Joan suggests that look-alike Brinna take her place at the Christmas festivities. Suddenly Brinna finds herself being wooed by a true gentleman getting perhaps the best Christmas present of all: a new life. A classic novella from New York Times bestselling author Lynsay Sands
