2025. The joy and hope of the Christmas season is in the air. A lot has changed for Meg and Sean Montgomery in the last year. They are enjoying married life and living in London, and things couldn't be better between them. Sean works as the director at a homeless shelter, while Meg strives to take back over the reins of her charitable organization, Charlotte's Trust, after her absence. But when a greedy miser threatens the future of the charity, Meg is forced to reconsider her choice of laying aside her gift of time-walking. For almost two hundred years, she helped the poor and forsaken, as well as the odd lost soul or two, rediscover the spirit of Christmas, including Charles Dickens. This time, however, the stakes are personal.1944. Fifteen-year-old Eddie Bucket has lost everything in the Blitz of London during World War II. Most nights, the city lies ablaze after waves of German bombings, and for him, it is a struggle just trying to survive alone on the streets. Until he meets her. Charity Quinn. Desperate to stay with her father in the face of evacuation, she has far more to lose than he knows. As destruction mounts, Charity and Eddie will come to rely on each other first as friends, and then as they begin to fall in love. But when an opportunity presents itself for Eddie to earn enough money to erase his past and its cruel memories, he must decide between love and wealth, a decision that could affect him for the rest of his life. Which will he choose?A dual timeline sequel to God Rest Ye Merry that pays homage to Charles Dickens' beloved classic, A Christmas Carol, in an almost-familiar story about greed, love, and second chances.
