In this special holiday novella, Stacy Henrie returns to the World War I setting of her Of Love and War series for a heartwarming read that's perfect for the Christmas season. TIS THE SEASON FOR SECOND CHANCES Having experienced the heartache of unrequited love, Maria Schmitt desperately seeks a new
A Christmas Hope
β Scribed by Perry, Anne
- Book ID
- 107585534
- Publisher
- Random House Publishing Group
- Year
- 2013
- Tongue
- en-US
- Weight
- 148 KB
- Series
- Christmas 11
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9780345530752
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β¦ Synopsis
Anne Perry's "vastly entertaining" (The Star-Ledger) holiday novels are "as delicious as mince pie and plum pudding" (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel). A Christmas Hope is just as delectable--the gripping story of an unforgettable battle between goodness and evil in Victorian London--and a lonely woman's search for meaning in her life.
Claudine Burroughs, a volunteer in Hester Monk's clinic for sick and injured prostitutes, no longer expects closeness with her coldly ambitious husband and dreads the holidays. Then, at a glittering yuletide gala, she meets the attractive poet Dai Tregarron and suddenly her spirits lift. Alas, an hour later, this fascinating man is enmeshed in a nightmare--accused of killing a young streetwalker who had been smuggled into the party.
Even though she suspects that an upper-class clique is quickly closing ranks to protect the real killer, Claudine and the clinic's disreputable bookkeeper, Squeaky Robinson, vow to... Ο‘μ―¦λ
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