At thirteen, Christine Vanderholt wished for a castle.
And a knight.
She should have wished for instructions.
Years later, Christine is the proud owner of Thornwick Castle, much to the horror of her wealthy friends and the quiet suspicion of the villagers who aren’t sure what to do with an American heiress in muddy boots.
Christine doesn’t care. She wants old stone, winter roses, rescue animals, a greenhouse full of flowers, and the kind of home she used to read about in romance novels beside hotel pools while her glamorous parents forgot where they’d left her.
It’s the holiday season, so Christine decides to throw a Christmas ball and invite the entire village. There will be candles, garlands, music, mulled wine, and absolutely no ancient curses.
Probably.
Then she cuts her hand on the old Thornwick sword and accidentally summons Lord Rhys Thornwick, who appears in the middle of her ballroom bleeding, armed, furious, and very much not part of the entertainment.
History calls Rhys the traitor who betrayed Thornwick Castle on Christmas Eve in 1350. Rhys knows the truth. His half-brother Edmund opened the gates, stole his name, and let a lie take root for seven centuries. Now the descendant of that same bloodline wants Thornwick for himself, and he is not pleased that Christine outbid him.
As Christmas deepens and the castle’s old magic stirs again, Christine and Rhys must uncover the truth buried inside Thornwick’s walls before the man who inherited Edmund’s ambition destroys everything she’s built and everything Rhys once died trying to protect.
Christine always wanted a castle, but she never expected her happily ever after to arrive armed, bleeding, and seven centuries late.
A Knight at the Christmas Ball is a sweet, closed-door medieval time-travel romance featuring a betrayed knight, an American heiress with castle dreams, Christmas magic, a candlelit ballroom, winter roses, rescue animals, cozy village charm, old secrets, witty banter, a swoony fish-out-of-time hero, and a love worth crossing centuries for.
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