The Debutante's Gift | The Debutantes of the West

The plan was foolproof — flawless in every detail.

 

So how did it all go so spectacularly wrong? Marianne Sheffield has always been the one with a head for strategy and a knack for fixing messes.

 

When her twin sister needed rescuing from an arranged marriage, Mari didn’t hesitate to step in. Her idea was simple: delay the wedding long enough to frustrate the ambitious John Maximillian Banks into calling it off himself, saving her family’s honor in the process.

 

But Christmas rolled around, and her plan unraveled in ways she never saw coming. Instead of sabotaging the union, Mari ended up as the bride, traveling to Durango for a snow-dusted Colorado Christmas with her new husband. What she didn’t expect was to find more behind Max’s handsome face and hefty fortune — depths that tugged at her fiercely guarded heart.

 

Could she be the one outmaneuvered in the end? John Maximillian Banks is a man who’s never backed down from a challenge. When he struck a deal to merge his company with the Sheffield family’s, marrying Charles Sheffield’s eldest daughter seemed like the perfect way to seal the partnership. But something about Marianne is different now.

 

The sweet, docile debutante he’d met before is gone, replaced by a fiery, strong-willed woman who challenges him at every turn. What started as a business arrangement begins to feel like so much more. He may have won her hand, but what he really wants for Christmas is her heart.

 

In the magical glow of a Colorado Christmas, sometimes the greatest gifts aren’t wrapped in ribbons or waiting under the tree — they’re found in the last place you expect.