Bespoke: A Tiny Christmas Tale by Amanda Dykes

Author:Amanda Dykes [Dykes, Amanda]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi, azw3
Tags: inspirational romance, Fiction, holiday christmas christian romance, Historical, happily ever after, english chanel british island, village small town, whimsical charming sweet lyrical, novelette novella short story quick read holiday, Christian, second chances forgiveness redemption rebirth transformation, musical fiction, historical christmas
ISBN: 9780692491911
Google: bx8kjgEACAAJ
Publisher: Lanternwood Press
Published: 2015-09-14T08:47:35.778000+00:00

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Aria wrapped a third blanket around herself that night, teeth chattering in the dark as she pulled back her father’s heavy velvet bed curtain to check on him. It wasn’t snow that had come tonight, as James had mused. Just a coldness so dry and fierce it crackled against the windowpanes of Father’s bedchamber. One of the many things James had been wrong about today.

Father lay so still, Aria’s knees almost buckled at the sight of him. But there—she spotted a tiny exhale escape his mouth, a white cloud against the frigid air. And another after that. Shallow and raw each breath came, steady enough that she found her own strength once again.

He’d sat up far too late after his rehearsal with the small orchestra at the church. She’d known he needed rest, but he seemed so alive, telling her about the way the farmer played the violin without a bow, and how a boy had come in late for rehearsal, smelling of salt air and fish, and piping out the clearest tune he’d ever heard on a fife. “This may be my greatest performance yet, Aria,” he’d said. “But the cellist needs rosin. His bow sounds like a deplorable screeching cat. And I need to transcribe a few things…” he’d rattled on, handing a list to their manservant and insisting that Barnes take the evening steamer to Guernsey for supplies.

But now here Father lay, even his heavy bed curtains doing little to keep any warmth in. He was so cold…

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