The Drover's Brother Comes for Christmas

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  • A
  • woman
  • longing
  • for
  • freedom,
  • a
  • man
  • longing
  • for
  • a
  • home.
  • Can
  • the
  • magic
  • of
  • Christmas
  • bring
  • them
  • together?It’s
  • 1890.
  • Lizzie
  • Naylor’s
  • life
  • is
  • working
  • in
  • her
  • grumpy
  • father’s
  • store
  • in
  • Munyup,
  • trying
  • to
  • bring
  • up
  • her
  • six-year-old
  • daughter,
  • Alice,
  • who’s
  • hellbent
  • on
  • finding
  • herself
  • a
  • father.
  • Christmas
  • is
  • nearing,
  • and
  • tempers
  • are
  • fraught,
  • especially
  • when
  • mysterious
  • Mr
  • Nicholas
  • is
  • back
  • with
  • his
  • pesky
  • sidekick,
  • Alf.
  • Or
  • Elf,
  • as
  • Alice
  • calls
  • him.
  • And
  • Elf
  • is
  • just
  • about
  • to
  • make
  • another
  • big
  • mistake.Mack
  • Miller
  • has
  • returned
  • to
  • the
  • district
  • to
  • make
  • peace
  • with
  • his
  • brother,
  • Shep.
  • He’s
  • weary
  • of
  • the
  • life
  • he’s
  • led,
  • the
  • loss
  • he’s
  • experienced.
  • He’s
  • longed
  • for
  • home
  • for
  • a
  • while,
  • but
  • the
  • family
  • farm
  • had
  • been
  • a
  • contentious
  • issue
  • between
  • the
  • brothers,
  • and
  • Shep
  • and
  • he
  • have
  • not
  • spoken
  • for
  • years.When
  • Alice
  • is
  • quite
  • taken
  • with
  • Mack,
  • she
  • tells
  • him
  • he’s
  • a
  • suitable
  • contender
  • for
  • the
  • role
  • of
  • being
  • her
  • father.
  • But
  • then
  • someone
  • from
  • her
  • mother,
  • Lizzie’s
  • past
  • appears,
  • and
  • terrible
  • trouble
  • erupts.
  • Alice
  • is
  • snatched
  • away.Lizzie
  • will
  • do
  • anything
  • to
  • have
  • her
  • back,
  • Mack
  • will
  • do
  • anything
  • to
  • find
  • her,
  • and
  • Elf
  • must
  • redeem
  • himself.Can
  • Christmas,
  • new
  • to
  • the
  • town
  • and
  • its
  • folk,
  • work
  • its
  • special magic?
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