*REISSUE/RENAME* (ORIG 11/08) *NOVELLA* Originally titled “The Virtuous Widow.” It is almost Christmas, 1816, but there will be no feasting or celebration for Ellie Carmichael, a young widow, left destitute when her husband committed suicide to avoid his debts. All she has is her daughter, four year old Amy, who has never accepted her father's death, and puts a candle in the window to guide her papa home. One cold night, a stranger collapses on Ellie's doorstep, a man with no boots, no memories and no name, a man who enchants Ellie and her daughter alike. Now Ellie must protect her daughter, her virtue and her heart from the stranger, for who knows what his secrets may be?