num_pages: 197
description: Although she lacks for nothing Claudine Burroughs dreads the holiday season for forcing her to face how empty her life has become. She no longer expects closeness with her coldly ambitious husband and she has nothing in common with their circle of wealthy status-minded friends. The only time she is remotely happy is when she volunteers at a womans clinica job her husband strongly disapproves of. Then at a glittering yuletide gala she meets the charming poet Dai Tregarron and finds her spirits lifted. But scarcely an hour later the charismatic Dai is enmeshed in a nightmareaccused of killing a young streetwalker who had been smuggled into the party. Even though she suspects that an upper-class clique is quickly closing ranks to protect the real killer Claudine vows to do her utmost for Dai. But it seems that hypocritical London society would rather send an innocent poet to the gallows than expose the shocking truth about one of their own.Nevertheless its the season of miracles and Claudine finally sees a glimmer of hopenot only for Dai but for a young woman she befriends who is teetering on the brink of a lifetime of unhappiness. Anne Perrys heartwarming new holiday novel is a celebration of courage faith and love for all seasons.
language: English
title: A Christmas Hope
publisher: Ballantine Books