The Drover's Brother Comes for Christmas
Darry Fraser
- 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?
