Christmas on King Street by Ashley Clark

Book 6 (a novella) of Heirloom Secrets

Summary:

This Christmas, her music box holds the key to a wartime secret.

Alice's flower shop is in trouble and her boyfriend has yet to propose. She's weary and disillusioned, so when her boyfriend suggests a trip to visit family and friends in Charleston, South Carolina, she's eager to go. But a discovery at her friend's vintage store reveals a decades-old music box with a secret that may just help Alice find what she needs this Christmas.

In 1942, witty Kit and a handsome soldier start a whirlwind romance at a USO dance. But when war takes him away and tests their love, all Kit wants for Christmas is to see him again. Her story becomes more complicated with the mysterious appearance of a music box on her doorstep, and their romance takes a turn she never expected...

Opening Lines:

Modern day - Charleston, SC

Twinkle lights are perfectly intertwined with fresh green garland, and the smell of a cinnamon candle wafts toward me from inside this dress shop on King Street. 

The setting is Christmasy perfection.

Yet nothing in my life is going according to plan.