A Family for Christmas
()
About this ebook
Grateful to have found each other, the members of the Abberly theatre have learned that nothing is more important than family... especially during the holiday season.
Related to A Family for Christmas
Titles in the series (4)
Iphigenia and the Showman Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsMaddy and the Gambler Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsCalliope and the Viscount Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Family for Christmas Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
Related ebooks
The Child from the Ash Pits: A heartbreaking saga Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Dear Little Girl Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsFaithful in Love Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsMaldives & Mistletoe: The Chicago War, #5 Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Story of Live Dolls Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Marvellers Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Life and Death of Harriett Frean Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Willoughbys Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Kristy's Rainy Day Picnic Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsLavender-Green Magic Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsDuck and Cover: A Nuclear Family Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsLetters from the Past: An English Family in the 19th & 20th century Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsTurn About Eleanor Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsFlowers In the Rain & Other Stories Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Divine Confidential Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Winning Over Skylar Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsYour Secrets Sleep With Me Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5A Troublemaker in Her Eyes: The Troublemaker Series, #3 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Letter Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Fifth Favorite Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsCowboy Up, Cole Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsWhat Tangled Webs Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsShattered Shackles Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Play's the Thing Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsLeaving England Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsWhole-Hearted: Malsum Pass Series, #5 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Dear Little Girl's Thanksgiving Holidays Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Two Story Mittens and the Little Play Mittens: Being the Fourth Book of the Series Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsAin't Gonna Be the Same Fool Twice: A Novel Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Perfect Wish Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
General Fiction For You
The Priory of the Orange Tree Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Dante's Divine Comedy: Inferno Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Fellowship Of The Ring: Being the First Part of The Lord of the Rings Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Covenant of Water (Oprah's Book Club) Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Man Called Ove: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Cloud Cuckoo Land: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Life of Pi: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Beartown: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The City of Dreaming Books Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Silmarillion Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Shantaram: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Mythos Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Jackal, Jackal: Tales of the Dark and Fantastic Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Unhoneymooners Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Ocean at the End of the Lane: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5You: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Canterbury Tales Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5My Sister's Keeper: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5It Ends with Us: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Recital of the Dark Verses Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Dry: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Labyrinth of Dreaming Books: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Alchemist: A Graphic Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Ulysses: With linked Table of Contents Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Nettle & Bone Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Pet Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Other Black Girl: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Iliad of Homer Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Babel: Or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Related categories
Reviews for A Family for Christmas
0 ratings0 reviews
Book preview
A Family for Christmas - Aubrey McKnight
A FAMILY FOR CHRISTMAS
A Ladies of the Abberly Theater Romance
Aubrey McKnight
www.BOROUGHSPUBLISHINGGROUP.com
PUBLISHER’S NOTE: This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, business establishments or persons, living or dead, is coincidental. Boroughs Publishing Group does not have any control over and does not assume responsibility for author or third-party websites, blogs or critiques or their content.
A FAMILY FOR CHRISTMAS
Copyright © 2014 Kimberly Cannon
Smashwords Edition
All rights reserved. Unless specifically noted, no part of this publication may be reproduced, scanned, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of Boroughs Publishing Group. The scanning, uploading and distribution of this book via the Internet or by any other means without the permission of Boroughs Publishing Group is illegal and punishable by law. Participation in the piracy of copyrighted materials violates the author’s rights.
ISBN 978-1-941260-71-5
For my daughter, who taught me there's more to being a mommy than genetics. Laloo.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Thanks go out, as usual, to Aaron and Lark, for all their help and support.
CONTENTS
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Epilogue
About the Author
A FAMILY FOR CHRISTMAS
Chapter One
Abberly Theater, London
December, 1895
Snow drifted gently to the cobblestone streets. Thomas and his little sister, Annie, watched as a large number of children lined up outside one of the most popular theaters in London. They didn’t appear to be wealthy children; Thomas could tell from their well-worn coats and the stern-looking women who escorted them inside. There were several women herding them about like sheep instead of mothers and fathers holding their hands.
No, these were children from the orphanages. Maybe even some from the workhouses, though he doubted any of those would be given such a privilege. It looked like some sort of party was going on, and they were going inside where it was warm, and where, if they were lucky, there might be food. At the very least cake and tea. Thomas’s stomach rumbled at the possibility. Sweets were better than nothing at all.
He looked down at his little sister. Annie shivered in the raveled sweater she wore over an equally tattered dress that was two sizes too small. She needed to be inside. She needed food in her belly.
He felt as if he’d failed her. At ten, he should have been able to provide better. But working meant leaving her alone, and an eight-year-old girl alone on the streets of London… Instead, they’d lived in vacant buildings and stolen food from the street vendors. Rubbish bins when needed. But Thomas was tired, and the crumbling buildings were cold and dangerous.
Just one night inside. Just a little time to rest and be warm. Then he would be able to think of something they could do, somewhere they could go besides the workhouses, where he knew his sister would quickly waste away.
Thomas, I wonder if they are going to a Christmas party. I wish we could go there.
Annie looked up at him with her big, blue eyes, and he knew in that moment what they would do.
Oh, look.
She pointed to a poster. "They’re going to see a Panto, just like mummy used to take us