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If only I could visit you as a foreigner goes into a new country, learn the language of you, wander past all borders into every private and secret place, I would stay forever. I would become a citizen of you.

A Wallflower Christmas is a holiday novella where our beloved former Wallflowers are gathered at Stony Cross for Christmas—and to help Rafe Bowman, Lillian and Daisy's brother who just arrived from America, court Lady Natalie.

Miss Hannah Appleton, Lady Natalie's companion and cousin, is invited to Stony Cross for tea to discuss and play matchmaking with the Ladies. But as soon as Hannah meets Rafe she is convinced that he is no match for the sweet and vivacious Natalie, not to mention he is a scoundrel through and through and easily managed to seduce her upon their first meeting.

Despite Natalie being the perfect match and even as they courted, Rafe could not get Hannah out of his mind. It was agony to have see her around and not have her. There's almost a forbidden line between Rafe and Hannah.

Hannah takes her role as Natalie's companion very seriously, but even as she lingers in the corners of the ballroom and hides behind ambitious mamas and wallflowers, nothing will keep Rafe's eyes off her.

Hannah, in a way, becomes the fifth honorary Wallflower and who is better to help her out with her dilemma than the four original Wallflowers themselves?

While the book mainly follows the sizzling romance between Hannah and Rafe, he gets glimpses of the Wallflowers friendship and marital life. I love these ladies so much and I wish the novella focused more on them and maybe give Rafe and Hannah a different book.

If Lisa decides to publish another holiday novella? I'm ready to devour it!

Content warning: there was a scene or two where Rafe's actions and seduction came off non-consensual at the start, just as a warning.