The embankment’s spoilt all its old charm of course, but we must have wide streets and electric lamps apparently.” Laura’s heart continued to slam against her corseted ribs. “Ah, but the climb is one of the place’s chief charms. “Gracious! Why…why must you take rooms level with…Big Ben?” Alvy continued looking down at her with infuriating amusement. Laura glared up from where she stood doubled over, clutching the door frame with one gloved hand and pressing her side with the other.

But first, she is going to have to come to a real understanding with her old friend.ĮxcerptThe Christmas Chevalier Meg Mardell © 2020 All Rights Reserved London, 1879 “Oh, my…my…my…” “God?” her companion supplied innocently. Why, his French chevalier costume practically glows! While she daydreams about her white knight, an unexpected business opportunity with Alvy makes her hopeful of a new independent life. But she is determined to enjoy this glittering winter wonderland while it lasts, especially her dance with an angel of a man at the masquerade. Laura knows the lush London of the Lexingtons is only a temporary escape from her grey days as a governess.

Like offering her a job-since when did he manage a printing press?-and inviting her to a certain Christmas Eve masquerade. When his old friend Laura Jacobs needs somewhere to spend the holidays, Alvy knows he should keep his distance, but… But Laura makes him do incautious things. That is the entire point! No one who knows him by his given name will ever set foot here. True, the draughty flat on a dingy stretch of the Thames has none of the welcoming holiday warmth of his family’s West London townhouse. Genre: Historical, LGBTQIA+, historical/Victorian England, holiday/Christmas, gay, trans, friends to lovers, coming out, humorous, slow burn, mistaken identity, deception romance Add to Goodreads SynopsisAlvy Lexington has bought himself the best Christmas present in the world.

The Christmas Chevalier by Meg Mardell