Jack and Maggie Harris are adrift on ravaged streets during the London Blitz. Their home is gone. They have nowhere to go and nothing left to lose. With only the memories of their greatest loss-the death of their child during a Christmas years before-Jack and Maggie settle in a seemingly deserted mansion for the night.
Inside they find shelter, warmth, and a bit of cheer. They also discover a surprise. Now, in the darkest of times, the unexpected compassion of strangers will make this Christmas one to remember forever.
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[It won't even seem like Christmas this year]***
(Amazon Original Stories, 6 November 2018, 49 pages, ebook, borrowed from @AmazonKindle #PrimeReading)
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This is my first time reading the author though a have a couple of full length works in my TBR list. This is a sweet, charming story. I didn't think it was brilliant but neither was it terrible. For me, this was okay, a sweet little Christmas story touching on the things you expect from such a story, events that hint at a Christmas miracle, love and happiness all round. I enjoyed it. It's too short and sparse to feel much connection to. I would have liked the characters to be a bit more developed. I didn't warm to Maggie much. There's a war on and she puts her and Jack's life in danger by refusing to go to the air raid shelter and impulsively jumping on a train to god knows where without a ticket. Silly woman! She also whines because they can't afford a lot of Christmas decorations.
