Shiloh Run Press
Featuring: Benjamin Lane; Clara Chapman
192 pages ISBN: 168322258X EAN: 9781683222583 Kindle: B071HB1FQ5 Hardcover / e-Book Add to Wish List
If you enjoy a Christmas tale with a Charles Dickens flair,
12 DAYS AT BLEAKLY MANOR will be a good pick. Mr. Dickens
even makes a cameo appearance. Pretty cool, eh? Set in
London in 1850, this is a Regency/Romance/Christian/Mystery
set in the Victorian era. At the back of the book is a
compilation of Victorian Christmas traditions such as the
Yule Log, the Wassail, which first was a toast and became a
drink, and a nugget of information on the Twelve Days of
Christmas Celebration.
Our heroine, Clara Chapman has had a rough year. It began
when she was left at the altar on her wedding day to
Benjamin Lane, the man she loves. She is stripped of her
family fortune and is taken in to live with her charitable
Aunt Deborha. Clara has been grieving for her old life for
the past year, questioning why Ben deceived her.. When a
lacquered carriage with a pair of fine horses stop at her
doorstep, Clara believes they are there in error or just
lost. A liveried gentleman delivers an invitation to Clara.
It invites her to spend the 12 Days of Christmas at Bleakly
Manor. If she remains for the entire period, the promised
sum of 500 pounds will be hers. Realizing this will be a
great help to her future, and with the encouragement of Aunt
Deborha, Clara accepts the invitation and sets out to the Manor.
Imprisoned without a trial, Benjamin Lane seeks revenge on
whoever stole his honor and kept him from Clara. When the
warden at Millbank Prison gives Ben the invitation to stay
at Bleakly Manor for the 12 Days of Christmas, his prize
promises freedom. Ben accepts and is off to the Manor
immediately. When he sees his fiance, Clara, will the two
wronged lovers, each believing the other guilty of betrayal,
begin their journey back to truth, faith and together forever?
Michelre Griep writes a heartwarming holiday tale with all
the trimmings. The huge Manor house is filled with secrets
and a quirky cast of characters with silly names: Mr.
Minnow, Mrs. Scurry, (who carries a box filled with tiny
white mice); Mr, Pocket, a detective who is promised a
higher rank: Mr. Tallgrass, (pushed everywhere in a
wheelchair by a young girl): and Mademoiselle Pretents who
keeps secrets and claims her jewelry is stolen while at the
Manor. All of them filled with idiosyncrasies, all given a
promise. Who will stay and get the prize? Who is the
mysterious host? Will you be able to solve this Victorian
Christmas mystery? A quick, fun read for the holidays. You
will enjoy. I did. Merry, Merry!
A mysterious invitation to spend Christmas at an English
manor home may bring danger...and love?
England, 1851: When Clara Chapman receives an intriguing
invitation to spend Christmas at an English manor home, she
is hesitant yet feels compelled to attend—for if she remains
the duration of the twelve-day celebration, she is promised
a sum of five hundred pounds.
But is she walking into danger? It appears so, especially
when she comes face to face with one of the other guests—her
former fiancé, Benjamin Lane.
Imprisoned unjustly, Ben wants revenge on whoever stole his
honor. When he’s given the chance to gain his freedom, he
jumps at it—and is faced with the anger of the woman he
stood up at the altar. Brought together under mysterious
circumstances, Clara and Ben discover that what they’ve been
striving for isn’t what ultimately matters.
What matters most is what Christmas is all about . . . love.
Pour a cup of tea and settle in for Book 1 of the Once Upon
a Dickens Christmas series--a page-turning Victorian-era
holiday tale--by Michelle Griep, a reader and critic favorite.
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