Lady Osbaldestone and the Missing Chr..., Stephanie Laurens
Lady Osbaldestone and the Missing Chr..., Stephanie Laurens
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Lady Osbaldestone and the Missing Christmas Carols
Lady Osbaldestone’s Christmas Chronicles, Volume 2: 1811

Author: Stephanie Laurens

Narrator: Helen Lloyd

Unabridged: 6 hr 52 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/18/2018


Synopsis

#1 New York Times bestselling author Stephanie Laurens brings you a heartwarming tale of a long-ago country village Christmas, a grandmother, three eager grandchildren, one moody teenage granddaughter, an earnest young lady, a gentleman in hiding, and an elusive book of Christmas carols.Therese, Lady Osbaldestone, and her household are quietly delighted when her younger daughter’s three children, Jamie, George, and Lottie, insist on returning to Therese’s house, Hartington Manor in the village Little Moseley, to spend the three weeks leading up to Christmas participating in the village’s traditional events.Then out of the blue, one of Therese’s older granddaughters, Melissa, arrives on the doorstep. Her mother, Therese’s older daughter, begs Therese to take Melissa in until the family gathering at Christmas—otherwise, Melissa has nowhere else to go.Despite having no experience dealing with moody, reticent teenagers like Melissa, Therese welcomes Melissa warmly. The younger children are happy to include their cousin in their plans—and despite her initial aloofness, Melissa discovers she’s not too old to enjoy the simple delights of a village Christmas.The previous year, Therese learned the trick to keeping her unexpected guests out of mischief. She casts around and discovers that the new organist, who plays superbly, has a strange failing. He requires the written music in front of him before he can play a piece, and the church’s book of Christmas carols has gone missing.Therese immediately volunteers the services of her grandchildren, who are only too happy to fling themselves into the search to find the missing book of carols. Its disappearance threatens one of the village’s most valued Christmas traditions—the Carol Service—yet as the book has always been freely loaned within the village, no one imagines that it won’t be found with a little application.But as Therese’s intrepid four follow the trail of the book from house to house, the mystery of where the book has vanished to only deepens. Then the organist hears the children singing and invites them to form a special guest choir. The children love singing, and provided they find the book in time, they’ll be able to put on an extra-special service for the village.While the urgency and their desire to finding the missing book escalates, the children—being Therese’s grandchildren—get distracted by the potential for romance that buds, burgeons, and blooms before them.Yet as Christmas nears, the questions remain: Will the four unravel the twisted trail of the missing book in time to save the village’s Carol Service? And will they succeed in nudging the organist and the harpist they’ve found to play alongside him into seizing the happy-ever-after that hovers before the pair’s noses?

About Stephanie Laurens

No.1 New York Times bestselling author Stephanie Laurens originally began writing as an escape from the dry world of professional science. Her hobby quickly became a career; she has been writing historical romance novels for more than 20 years. Currently living outside Melbourne, Australia with her husband and two cats, she spends most of her days writing new stories in her signature ""Errol Flynn meets Jane Austen"" style.

About Helen Lloyd

Helen Lloyd is a British actor and voice artist who recorded her first voice-over at the age of fourteen. A classically trained actor, she has performed with many of Britain’s leading repertory theaters, as well as at the Edinburgh Festival and on the West End.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Melindam on December 12, 2023

3,3 stars Very much in the vein of Book 1: slow-going, cosy, undemanding and relaxing Christmas Regency story. Currently a free listen in the Audible.com Plus catalogue.......more

Goodreads review by Becky (romantic_pursuing_feels) on January 18, 2023

Overall: ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Plot/Storyline: 📖📖📖📖 Feels: 🦋 Emotional Depth: 💔💔💔 Sexual Tension: ⚡ Romance: 💞💞 Sensuality: 💋 Sex Scene Length: 0 Steam Scale (Number of Sex Scenes): 0 Humor: Yes Perspective: Third person from mainly Lady Osbaldestone and her granddaughter Melissa – we get some small scenes from the love......more

Goodreads review by Ivana on December 01, 2020

Milé čítanie na príjemné a oddychové predsviatočné dni. Jednoduché a hladko plynúce, občas si ale človek potrebuje prečítať takúto knižku, čo mu obalí nervy ako med :-)......more

Goodreads review by Lady Wesley on December 17, 2021

Another cute story about Lady O. It entertained me during my chores around the house.......more

Goodreads review by Danielle on February 06, 2019

There wasn't enough Christmas description (the story could have been set at any time and there would have been few changes to make) to get me in the spirit and the most interesting part of the mystery was resolved in just a few pages. There was way too much searching every house in the village to fi......more