The Viscount's Absolutely Tempting Twelve Days (The Notorious Briarwoods #18)

Laertes Ripton, Viscount Hawthorne, son of Lady Perdita Briarwood, is flying high after successfully helping his friend the Duke of Crestfield find joy in his life once more. The Twelve Days of Christmas are afoot and nothing could go wrong, could it? When Laertes meets Crestfield’s sister, Lady Seraphine, he’s certain his Christmas present has arrived, but unwrapping her may prove difficult, for the beautiful, brilliant young lady is determined to be perfect in every way and her idea of perfection might be very different than what the Briarwoods and Laertes offer.

The price of perfection is exceptionally high for Lady Seraphine, sister of the Duke of Crestfield. Latin, French, and German are all easy for her, she sings with more skill than the greatest Paris opera star, and her ability to charm is all but legend in the ton. But though she has never let herself be anything less than perfect, Seraphine never feels like she’s enough in her mother’s eyes, or even her own. When she meets Laertes and his fiery kiss awakens a desire to be loved within, can she see that Laertes loves her for the woman she is and not for all the things she forces herself to be? Or will her pursuit of perfection destroy her chance at true love?