It makes Christmas feel a little less lonely.On Christmas Eve, her father receives a letter about a long-lost relative's will. Alice feels at home there, at peace, and even finds a friend, Flo.Įver since her sister, Agnes, died, Pearl has a tradition every time it snows. There's nothing good about staying with Nell, except for the beautiful Darkling Wood at the end of her garden - but Nell wants to have it cut down. When Alice's brother gets a longed-for chance for a heart transplant, Alice is suddenly bundled off to her estranged grandmother's house. At the point of death, a beautiful angel appears in the water and saves her. The ice breaks, Tilly falls through and almost drowns. But Tilly never turns down a dare.Then it goes horribly wrong. Ten years ago the young heir, Kit Barrington, drowned there in the lake. Will's at the door of their cottage, daring her to come ice-skating up at Frost Hollow Hall. But he's not used to company and he certainly doesn't want any evacuees.
The only person with two spare beds is Mr Ephraim, the local lighthouse keeper. After months of bombing raids in London, twelve-year-old Olive Bradshaw and her little brother Cliff are evacuated to the Devon coast.
Please Note That The Following Individual Books As Per Original ISBN and Cover Image In this Listing shall be Dispatchedįebruary, 1941.
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