An Improper Christmas, Book 3 of the Improper Liaisons series, was about Miss Lily Godwin, goddaughter to the Marchioness of Solsbury, and Lord Joshua Sheridan, Viscount Nash.
While attending a Christmas house party, Lily caught her betrothed, Lord Humphrey Barcroft, Baron Hardwick, in the gardens wrapped in the arms of a married woman. Heartbroken, Lily tried to convince her aunt that she should break off her engagement to the man, but her aunt and guardian, Lady Dunmere, was adamant that she would, indeed, marry him whether she liked it or not. Determined to not be pushed into it, Lily planned to leave the house party and not look back.
Joshua, bored with the house party...and life in general...decided it was time for him to return home. As he waited in the stables for his carriage to be readied, he encountered the delectable Lily, who seemed determined to ride a horse to London in the midst of a snowstorm. Concerned for her safety, Joshua offered to give her a ride to his home not far away and then loan her an unmarked carriage and a maid to see her through the rest of her journey.
While traveling to his home, Lily and Joshua began a light flirtation that, once they arrived at his place, continued on into a short affair that they both found enjoyable. The following morning as they breakfasted together, Lily knew she would be leaving not long later. Several things happened that morning, but in the end, Lily left and went to her godmother's home, leaving Joshua behind.
This book had a lot of emotions crammed into a short space of time. There was humor, angst, drama, passion, heartache, betrayal, and love.
The storyline was well-written and, though short, kept the reader glued to the pages. It was definitely worthy of a five-star rating and to be added to the Keeper for the Shelves collection.