Days before Christmas, Lady Honoria Whitford buys a book at the market to add to her prized collection. Lord Tristan de Champagne, her brother's best friend who will be spending the holidays with them, is Intrigued by her love of romantic tales but resents how enchanting he finds her, for he's vowed never to risk his heart again.As Christmas mischief under the Kissing Bough unfolds, so does the secret of the book-one destined to bring great peril but also ever-after love.