When Gavin MacLeod visited his English friends at Silloth Keep for the Christmas holidays, he is drawn to the intrigue surrounding a woman, a harlot, who arrived without any explanation other than her trade. But in trying to learn her secrets, he begins to fall in love with a young woman who is kind and intelligent and in need of a hero. Elizabeth was sold to a brothel by a greedy husband trying to rid himself of a barren wife. Seeking only a place where she can survive, she never dreams that she might find a new life-and a new love-when a Scottish warrior comes to visit. This holiday novella is part of the larger Dumont Brides series originally from Harlequin Historicals and now rereleased by Luckenbooth Press and the author.