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  He suspected he would not see the dogs listening to commands issued by an unseen master again. There would be no more doors opening of their own accord. Lady Eleanor’s last task on earth was completed and Miles hoped she was once again with her beloved Charles.

  She had made certain her dear Oliver had finally found a love to fill his days and his nights and his future. It was her final Christmas gift to him. The gift of love.

  The greatest gift of all.

  Discover More by Victoria Alexander

  What Happens at Millworth Manor

  What Happens at Christmas

  Lord Stilwell’s Excellent Engagements (novella)

  The Importance of Being Wicked (crossover with Wicked Family Secrets)

  The Scandalous Adventures of the Sister of the Bride

  The Daring Exploits of a Runaway Heiress

  Wicked Family Secrets/Hadley-Attwater Family

  His Mistress by Christmas

  My Wicked Little Lies

  Standalone Books & Novellas

  Yesterday and Forever (time travel)

  The Princess and the Pea (historical)

  The Perfect Wife (historical)

  Promises to Keep (second chance romance / time travel)

  The Emperor’s New Clothes (historical)

  Shakespeare and the Three Kings (historical novella)

  Play it Again, Sam (reincarnation)

  Believe (time travel)

  One Magic Moment (historical)

  Paradise Bay (contemporary)

  The Last Love Letter, Secrets of a Perfect Night Anthology (historical novella

  Effington Family & Friends

  Regency

  The Wedding Bargain

  The Husband List

  The Marriage Lesson

  The Prince’s Bride

  Her Highness, My Wife

  Love with the Proper Husband

  The Lady in Question

  The Pursuit of Marriage

  The Trouble with Charlotte (novella)

  When We Meet Again

  Victorian (2nd Generation)

  A Visit from Sir Nicholas

  Let It Be Love

  Last Man Standing (connected to Effington Family and Friends)

  A Little Bit Wicked

  What a Lady Wants

  Secrets of a Proper Lady

  The Seduction of a Proper Gentleman

  Lady Amelia’s Secret Lover (ebook spinoff from What a Lady Wants)

  Lost City Series

  *stories about the descendents of the characters in The Perfect Wife

  The Virgin’s Secret

  Desires of a Perfect Lady

  Wicked Family Secrets/Hadley-Attwater Family

  His Mistress by Christmas

  My Wicked Little Lies

  The Importance of Being Wicked (crossover with Millworth Manor series)

  Mistress Trio (unfinished)

  The Perfect Mistress

  His Mistress by Christmas (crossover with Wicked Family Secrets)

  Portia’s Story (still to come)

  About the Author

  #1 New York Times bestselling author Victoria Alexander was an award winning television reporter until she discovered fiction was much more fun than real life. She turned to writing full time and is still shocked it worked out.

  Since the publication of her first book in 1995, she has written thirty-one full-length novels and six novellas. Find a complete list on her website http://www.victoriaalexander.com and chat with her on facebook https://www.facebook.com/VictoriaAlexandersPlace

  The Perfect Wife--originally published in 1996 and reissued in March 2008--hit #1 on the New York Times list. Sixteen of her books are bestsellers hitting the New York Times, USA Today and/or Publishers Weekly bestseller lists. With books translated into more than a dozen different languages she has readers around the world and has twice been nominated for Romance's Writers of America prestigious RITA award. In 2009 she was given a Career Achievement Award from RT Bookclub and was named Historical Storyteller of the year in 2003. In 2008 she was the keynote speaker for the Romance Writers of American annual conference in San Francisco. Victoria credits much of her writing success to her experiences as a reporter.

  Her years as a broadcast journalist were spent in two radically different areas of the country: Nebraska and West Virginia. In West Virginia, she covered both natural and manmade disasters. She was on the scene when a power plant construction accident in a small town left 52 men dead. She once spent the night on a mountain waiting to learn of the fate of coal miners trapped in a mine collapse. Victoria was producing a newscast when her husband (who worked at the same television station) and several other journalists were held hostage by a disturbed Vietnam veteran. In Nebraska, she reported on the farm crisis and watched people lose land that had been in their families for generations. She covered the story that was the basis of the movie BOYS DON'T CRY and once acted as the link between police and a gunman who had barricaded himself in his home. Her investigative work exposed the trucking of New York City garbage to a small town dump in rural Nebraska.

  During her journalism career, Victoria covered every president from Ford to Clinton. She knows firsthand what it feels like to be surrounded by rising floodwaters and inside a burning building. She's interviewed movie stars including Kevin Costner, ridden an elephant and flown in a governor's helicopter. She's covered a national political convention and Pope John Paul II's historic visit to Denver as well as small town festivals celebrating everything from walnuts to Glen Miller. Her work was honored by numerous organizations including the Associated Press who called a feature about a firefighter's school "story telling genius". It was the encouragement she needed to turn from news to fiction. She's never looked back.

  Victoria is a former president of the Omaha Press Club and in 2009 was named an OPC Face on the Barroom Floor. A caricature portrait of her joined previous faces including presidents, sports figures and politicians in a tradition that began in 1971.

  Victoria claims her love of romance and journalism is to due to the influence of her favorite comic book character: Lois Lane, a terrific reporter and a great heroine who pursued Superman with an unwavering determination. And why not? He was extremely well drawn.

  Victoria grew up traveling the world as an Air Force brat. Today, she lives in Omaha, Nebraska with her husband and her dogs. Victoria had two bearded collies, Sam and Louie (named from characters in one of her books). Sam (on the left), the best dog in the world for 13 ½ years, passed away in September 2010. Louie took on the position of loyal companion and did a fine job even though he doesn't understand that kitchen counter surfing is not allowed! Now he's been joined by Reggie, king of the lilacs.

  They all live happily ever after in a house under constant renovation and the accompanying parade of men in tool belts. And never ending chaos. Victoria laughs a great deal--she has to.