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    A Christmas in Kent
    A Christmas in Kent
    A Christmas in Kent
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    A Christmas in Kent

    By Paul Alan Fahey

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    It's December 1941. Caroline, Cyril, Edward, and Leslie are home from their recent exploits on the Isle of Man and are now happily ensconced in their cottage in Kent. Feeling safe from the ongoing horrors of war, if only temporarily, Caroline finds herself surrounded by people she loves and who love her, so she counts her blessings and immerses herself in the spirit of the season. She trims the holiday tree with her newly wedded spouse and makes a last minute shopping trip into London.

    Other family members are busy, as well. Samson and Delilah -- the group’s adopted pair of shelties -- are running amok in The Peasant’s Revenge and causing the pub’s patrons no end of displeasure. Leslie and Edward have a chance encounter with a child who is separated from her parents in Germany and lives nearby with a foster family. Then there’s that something bothering Caroline that simply can’t be ignored much longer. Christmas in Kent will indeed be full of surprises.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJMS Books LLC
    Release dateDec 8, 2013
    ISBN9781611529876
    A Christmas in Kent
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    Paul Alan Fahey

    Paul Alan Fahey, author of the writer’s resource, The Short and Long of It, and the Lovers and Liars gay wartime romance series, is also edited the 2013 Rainbow Award-winning nonfiction anthology, The Other Man: 21 Writers Speak Candidly About Sex, Love, Infidelity, & Moving On. For more information, visit paulalanfahey.com.

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      A Christmas in Kent - Paul Alan Fahey

      Night

      Chapter 1: Deck the Halls

      A Village in Kent, England

      December 21, 1941

      It was nearly Christmas and Caroline found herself once again happily ensconced in her village home. She couldn’t remember exactly when she’d fallen in love with the cottage, but she thought it might have been from the moment she first saw it.

      I doubt it’s suitable for someone your age, the neighbor said—the one trusted with the key and paid by the owner to show the small village home. Caroline recalled how the woman went on for some time about the gloomy look of the place: the dark brown exterior and the failed attempt by a previous owner to liven it up it with a bright yellow trim on the front windows and door. Just makes it a sight, doesn’t it?

      Caroline thought that was just what she liked about it—the rustic look yet with a bit of color. A few minutes later, Caroline found herself in The Peasant’s Revenge, the local pub, telephoning Daddy—which she usually did when large sums of money were required—and asking him for the money to purchase the cozy cottage. Daddy couldn’t resist his only daughter and she damn well knew it.

      But that was many years ago. Caroline was barely twenty then, and it was at least ten years before the start of the war. Daddy had money—pots of it—in what seemed a never-ending flow, even by today’s wartime standards. So naturally she never hesitated to call on him whenever she found herself in need, or, to put it more bluntly, whenever her trust fund refused to stretch through the month.

      Since the Blitz and the ongoing war with Germany, Caroline never knew when the phone might ring to interrupt her current happiness and send them all off to God knows where again. Working for a secret government agency kept them all at Headquarters' beck and call. So for the holidays, she decided to concentrate

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