![Cover of Winter's Charms, a seasonal novella collection. Three figures are silhouetted on a blue background with snowflakes, in front of a roaring fireplace decorated with a red and green garland. One man is sitting in a chair, gesturing, a woman stands wearing a transluscent shawl, and another man leans his hand on the mantlepiece. Oranges and cinnamon sticks are inset in the top left.](https://www.celialake.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/WintersCharms-1000-600x900.jpeg)
Part of the Novellas series:
- Ancient Trust
- Complementary
- Casting Nasturtiums
- Country Manners
- Chasing Legends
Found in the Winter's Charms novella collection.
When the winter holidays require a visit to his family estate, Giles and Kate make the best of it. Fortunately, they stumble into a mystery along the way, inspiring Kate to take a new approach in dealing with his family's disapproval of just about everything.
Country Manners follows the story of Giles and Kate's romance after Wards of the Roses. It takes place in December 1921, between their engagement and wedding.
Content
Established relationship (characters met in Wards of the Roses, this takes place between their engagement and marriage and has brief spoilers for the events of that book). Hero blind due to a gas attack in the Great War but generally very independent. Nasty familial comments, ableist assumptions, and class-related nastiness with a happy ending.
Want to know more? Check out the blog posts about Country Manners.
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