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About Christmas at 99 Nightingale Lane: The Nightingale Lane Series, Book 5 (Unabridged)

Full-Length Historical Fiction. The Continuing Addictive and Compelling Story of Carrie Dobbs and Her Life at 99 Nightingale Lane Christmas 1917. Carrie is so grateful that she can call 99 Nightingale Lane home, and Christmas promises are to be one to cherish with her dear friends around her and the first one her son John will remember, but a cloud hangs over her happiness. Arnold Bateman, Carrie's estranged husband is back in Whitechapel. He has made it clear to Carrie that he wants her back, not to be a husband to her, but simply for what she now owns. Unknown to Carrie, he has visited the house on many occasions to persuade her but has received constant rebuttals from Ida Coyle, Carrie's loyal cook. When Arnold arrives unannounced on Christmas Eve, demanding to be given admittance to the house, Carrie is devastated, wondering how she can prevent him from taking what he insists the law says is his. The Belgian refugees, Joshka, Gregor, and Asher prevent him from entering, but as he falls into a snow-filled gutter after an altercation with Joshka, he promises Carrie she will lose everything, including her beloved son...and he'll make sure of it. Follow Carrie's story in this next riveting full-length novel of Christmas at 99 Nightingale Lane.