A Christmas Hope: A Novel (The Christmas Stories Book 11)

A Christmas Hope: A Novel (The Christmas Stories Book 11)

Anne Perryâ€™s â€œvastly entertainingâ€ (The Star-Ledger) holiday novels are â€œas delicious as mince pie and plum puddingâ€ (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel). A Christmas Hope is just as delectableâ€”the gripping story of an unforgettable battle between goodness and evil in Victorian Londonâ€”and a lonely womanâ€™s search for meaning in her life.

Although she lacks for nothing, Claudine Burroughs dreads the holiday season for forcing her to face how empty her life has become. She no longer expects closeness with her coldly ambitious husband, and she has nothing in common with their circle of wealthy, status-minded friends. The only time she is remotely happy is when she volunteers at a womanâ€™s clinicâ€”a job her husband strongly disapproves of. Then, at a glittering yuletide gala, she meets the charming poet Dai Tregarron and finds her spirits lifted. But scarcely an hour later, the charismatic Dai is enmeshed in a nightmareâ€”accused of killing a young streetwalker who had been smuggled into the party.Â Â

Even though she suspects that an upper-class clique is quickly closing ranks to protect the real killer, Claudine vows to do her utmost for Dai. But it seems that hypocritical London society would rather send an innocent poet to the gallows than expose the shocking truth about one of their own.

Nevertheless, itâ€™s the season of miracles and Claudine finally sees a glimmer of hopeâ€”not only for Dai but for a young woman she befriends who is teetering on the brink of a lifetime of unhappiness. Anne Perryâ€™s heartwarming new holiday novel is a celebration of courage, faith, and love for all seasons.
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PRAISE FOR THE CHRISTMAS NOVELS OF ANNE PERRY
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â€œPerryâ€™s Victorian-era holiday mysteries . . . are for many an annual treat.â€â€”The Wall Street Journal
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A Christmas Garland
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â€œIn Anne Perryâ€™s gifted hands, the puzzle plays out brilliantly.â€â€”Greensboro News & Record
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A Christmas Homecoming
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â€œCould have been devised by Agatha Christie . . . [Perry is] a modern master.â€â€”Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
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A Christmas Odyssey
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â€œ[Perry] writes with detail that invades the senses.â€â€”Lincoln Journal Star
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A Christmas Promise
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â€œPoignant . . . should be on the Christmas stocking list of anyone who likes a sniffle of nostalgia.â€â€”The Washington Times
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A Christmas Grace
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â€œ[A] heartwarming, if crime-tinged, complement to the holiday season.â€â€”Booklist

From the Hardcover edition.
Country USA
Manufacturer Ballantine Books
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2013-11-12
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Ballantine Books
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2013-11-12
Format	Kindle eBook

A Christmas Hope: A Novel (The Christmas Stories Book 11)

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