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"Comfort and Joy" by Margaret Moore a novella in the collection entitled THE CHRISTMAS VISIT ISBN #0-373-29327-5 Miss Gwendolyn Davies, matron of an orphanage, is a desperate woman. With only four days to Christmas, she has no money left to provide a Christmas dinner or gifts for the children in her charge. But nearby lives the wealthy Earl of Cwm Rhyss, so who better to ask for a contribution, even if rumor has it that he once discouraged similiar petitioners with his shot gun? Griffin Branwynne wants nothing to do with do-gooders. Disfigured by a fire, deserted by his friends, he only wants to be left alone, until a spirited woman arrives who stirs long-buried emotions in his lonely heart, and to remind him that Christmas is a season of hope, and love. Set in Victorian Wales. In addition to Margaret's story, there are novellas by Terri Brisbin and Gail Ranstrom. "Wonderful storyteller Moore brings true understanding of the "Comfort and Joy" of the season when a stranded woman arrives at a scarred and embittered earl's home and turns his quiet world inside out, forcing him to open his heart to love. --Romantic Times Read An Excerpt