Christmas with the Wallflower: A Shy Heart Finds Courage Beneath the Mistletoe (Tales from the Matchmaker’s Society #4)

A shy wallflower. A charming lord. A snowed-in Christmas that changes everything.

After one disastrous London Season, Miss Penelope Sinclair has made peace with invisibility. Invited—unexpectedly—to a ducal Christmas house party, her plan is find the library, keep her head down, and survive the holiday.

Lord Adrian Harcourt, the Duchess’s brother, is the effortless center of every room… and secretly bone-tired of it. Behind his easy laughter lives a quiet poet who longs to be known. When he spots Penelope tucked behind the tree with a book, her authentic calm feels like winter sunlight—soft, steady, impossible to ignore.

Then a blizzard buries Pembridge Manor. With the roads closed and the guests trapped for weeks, forced-proximity turns chance encounters into true late-night music in the library, whispered talks about words and wonder, decorating the Great Hall, skating on the frozen lake, and a hilariously triumphant round of charades that coaxes Penelope into the center of the room—and Adrian’s heart.

A single mistletoe kiss kindles hope… until a shard of cruel gossip rattles Penelope’s hard-won courage. To end the whispers, Adrian does the unthinkably sincere he lays down his charm and speaks his truth—publicly. Now the woman who has always hidden must decide if she’ll step fully into the light…and into a love that sees her exactly as she is.

Christmas with the Wallflower is a sweet, closed-door Regency romance filled with snowed-in coziness, found courage, tender music, and a guaranteed happily-ever-after. Perfect for readers who love holiday house parties, witty banter, a poet hero, and a wallflower who blooms on her own terms.


• Snowed-in house party • Library & music-room moments • Skating & carols
• Charades triumph • Mistletoe kiss • Gossip confronted with honesty
• Shy heroine × charming host/secret poet • Closed-door, heart-melty HEA


Heat Sweet / closed-door. Kissing, deep emotion, no on-page intimacy.