The ‘fallen’ ladies of Puddledon Manor’s Benevolent Home are determined to go up over scandal-and forge a sparkling new upcoming operating their personal brewery and alehouse .

With Christmas around the corner, Miss Caroline Anderson hoped to persuade a London tavern owner to transport the Home’s Widow’s Brew-only to find the dastard was more interested in her ankles than her ale! To her additional annoyance, her stagecoach back again to Little Puddledon can be waylaid by louts and a snow-covered ditch. Amid about The Merry Viscount a nasty storm, Caro seeks shelter at a close by estate-only to be greeted by Viscount Oakland, a.k.a. Nick, her brother’s youth friend-and her schoolgirl crush. Right now he’s the half-dressed sponsor of what is clearly any occasion bacchanal. Still, his home is certainly irresistibly warm . . .

Ever the free heart, Nick has invited the wilder gentleman of the ton, and an assortment of London’s lightskirts, to celebrate Xmas in a far more traditional, pagan fashion. Therefore, he’s surprised to discover Caro at his door. Right now, having a blizzard raging, he must consider her in-despite his fear she won’t try his guests, and worse, upend his party. But she may shock him-and upend his lifestyle . . .

Contains mature themes.