Miss Charlotte Mifford is facing another Christmas — and birthday — as an impoverished spinster living on the charity of her relatives.

When a tall, dark, and exceedingly handsome French Comte arrives in the cosy village of Plumpton, Charlotte sensibly assumes he would never look twice at a woman like her.

But when the annual Christmas Pudding Contest turns unexpectedly — and quite literally — poisonous, the Comte gallantly offers to help Charlotte clear her aunt’s name.

It is simply good Gallic manners, she tells herself… even as her treacherous heart suggests otherwise.

Gabriel, Comte de Roche, is accustomed to stares.

Tall, dark, and (if he may say so) a touch terrifying, he rarely inspires anything but wary admiration. Hoping for a peaceful holiday with an old friend after retiring from a life at sea, he instead finds himself drawn into a murder investigation, a riotous Cotswolds Christmas, and an unexpected infatuation with a relentlessly cheerful Englishwoman — one who does not seem to realise, in the slightest, where his attentions are leading.

As Twelfth Night approaches, they must uncover who murdered Plumpton’s postmaster… and Gabriel must realise that being big and brawny does not make a man brave — not unless he can voice the truth beating in his heart.

This is the seventh audiobook in the fun, cosy, and romantic Regency Murder and Marriage series. It may be listened to as a cheerful Christmas standalone or enjoyed as part of the series as a whole!