'Tis the Season

After six long years as a Captain in the army, Collin returns to find why is beloved Rose had wrote and told him she released him from the betrothal. He went to the Inn her family owned to find that a distant relative now owned it after the death of her father and brother. Collin traces Rose to a Manor that is falling apart under the disgruntled Lady Dilbeck. Collin brings back Christmas and repairs as the new Steward of Dilbeck as he tries to win his Rose back. A great story of forgiveness and what barriers love can break down. Shari Anton- Christmas at Wayfarer Inn Alaine is a noble traveling all around as a Minstrel. He gave up tournaments for his this dream. Alaine arrives a Wayfarer Inn without coin as he travels to his Uncle's castle in Darby. Grace is trying to keep up at the Inn but with her dad and mom getting older it is a tough road. The good looking man arriving with the beautiful white limping horse is in need of charity that she can not afford to give. Until Alaine notices things like broken latches and the wood pile that Grace was struggling to chop. A bargain is made, his physical labor for room and food. His lute and song brings in extra coin for the Inn and all is well until Grace overhears that he is a noble, someone beyond her reach. Tori Phillips - Twelfth Knight. Sir Robert Maxwell is thirty and seems a bit bored with his life as a rogue. When is friend Nate tells him about the horrible Alyssa Cavendish and how her father has upped the money for someone to take her as a bride, Max sees a challenge. They wager on if Max can make Alyssa lose her heart to him, not for marriage just for the sport of it. He goes in not as a suitor but as Sir Hoodwink the Lord Misrule. Alyssa sees all these men who are after money not her. Being an identical twin, and the worst of the twin. She feels neglected and in the shadow of Gillian. She does not participate in the Christmas festivities but this year Sir Hoodwink keeps pushing until she does. When she starts receiving gifts from the mysterious Twelfth Knight she enjoys the attention that is focused on her and Gillian's envy over the gifts.