The Christmas Carrolls (1997)
“Joia was the fairy princess and Merry was the madcap. Holly was supposed to be the daughter with her feet on the ground, the reliable one. But she read, she listened, she observed—and she knew there was a world apart from her own universe. She imagined, too, all the different sights and smells, the new languages to be learned, the strange customs to be observed besides the proper depth of a curtsy at Almack’s. Holly wanted to live, before she lived the rest of her placid, reliable life.
She stayed on in the library, smoothing the edges of the special license Evan had left behind. That was also typical of Evan, she thought, carelessly misplacing such an important prize. He knew she’d look after it for him as always, even if the scrap of paper was her death sentence, just as he expected her to look after his home and his son. Evan would have his Grand Adventure. Holly would have his grandparents.
Everyone seemed to want Holly to say yes, to get the deed done so they could move on with t...heir own lives.MoreLess
She stayed on in the library, smoothing the edges of the special license Evan had left behind. That was also typical of Evan, she thought, carelessly misplacing such an important prize. He knew she’d look after it for him as always, even if the scrap of paper was her death sentence, just as he expected her to look after his home and his son. Evan would have his Grand Adventure. Holly would have his grandparents.
Everyone seemed to want Holly to say yes, to get the deed done so they could move on with t...heir own lives.MoreLess
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