The Bird of Paradise

About This Book

Miss Kate Thacker is bright, beautiful, and working in a London office to help support her young brother. When her holiday bonus comes in the form of a giant turkey, Miss Kate needs to figure out how to sell a bird — and it sets in motion a drama, and a romance.

Originally published in the Signet collection A Victorian Christmas, this quick holiday romp by a masterful romance author delivers all the joys of the season: unexpected encounters, comic misunderstandings, and the particular warmth of a story that knows exactly how much it wants to accomplish and accomplishes it with grace.

For readers of Victorian Christmas romance, short Regency and Victorian fiction, and Edith Layton's out-of-print short work. Distributed through Simon & Schuster and available in paperback and digital formats.

Edith Layton (1938–2009) was one of the most decorated authors in the Regency romance genre, winner of numerous awards including the RITA Award and the Romantic Times Career Achievement Award. She began writing at the age of ten and published more than thirty novels, known for their intelligence, wit, and the quality of her male characters — fully realized, interesting people rather than mere romantic props. This title is distributed through Simon & Schuster and available in paperback and digital formats.