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    A Hollywood Christmas Carol: A Heartwarming Christmas Ghost Story for All the Family
    A Hollywood Christmas Carol: A Heartwarming Christmas Ghost Story for All the Family
    A Hollywood Christmas Carol: A Heartwarming Christmas Ghost Story for All the Family
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    A Hollywood Christmas Carol: A Heartwarming Christmas Ghost Story for All the Family

    By Holly-Anne Divey

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    Holly-Anne Divey combines three of her great loves - 'A Christmas Carol' by Charles Dickens, the greatest Christmas story ever told, Hollywood, and Christmas to bring you a modern-day version of the classic tale, set in modern day Hollywood.

    Former Child Star Ms Rouge is a mean and moody miser. She's horrible to her long-suffering Personal Assistant, Rob Pratchett who tolerates her in order to keep his job so he can provide for his sick child, Little Jim, and his five other children. She shuns the niece she once loved dearly – the daughter of her sister, Harley, who died young in a tragic accident on the set of a movie.

    But Harley fears for the eternal soul of her sister and pays her a late night visit on Christmas Eve in an attempt to show her the error of her ways. Can Harley and the other Ghosts, from Christmas Past, Present and Future, bring about a change of heart that will impact the lives of all of those around her?

    A Heartwarming Christmas story for the whole family, age 8 and up.

    A novella of approximately 10,400 words.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHolly-Anne Divey
    Release dateNov 27, 2011
    ISBN9781466182271
    A Hollywood Christmas Carol: A Heartwarming Christmas Ghost Story for All the Family
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    Holly-Anne Divey

    Hi! I'm Holly-Anne. I'm a writer and a Christmas enthusiast. I write cute stories for the holidays that your whole family can enjoy together.

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      A Hollywood Christmas Carol - Holly-Anne Divey

      A HOLLYWOOD CHRISTMAS CAROL

      A Heartwarming Christmas

      Ghost Story for the Whole Family

      By Holly-Anne Divey

      A Novelette of approximately 10,400 words.

      © Copyright Holly-Anne Divey, 2011

      All Rights Reserved.

      Published by Holly & Ivy Books, USA

      at Smashwords.com

      SMASHWORDS EDITION

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      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

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      Merry Christmas, Ms. Rouge! said Rob Pratchett enthusiastically as he came in the front door.

      Lizabetta Rouge mumbled some undecipherable insult at him as she passed by.

      He greeted her the same way every Christmas Eve, wishing the old curmudgeon all the best for the Holidays.

      Rob adored Christmas with his family and not even the crotchety old Ms. Rouge could extinguish his Christmas spirit. It burned brightly in his heart and it was the holiday of holidays for him. It was a time for celebration, a time for the family, a time to be thankful for what we have, no matter how difficult the past year has been. That was Rob's Christmas philosophy and he'd lived by it his entire life.

      Will you be spending Christmas with your niece this year? Nicole's a lovely girl, Rob asked, knowing the answer but always hopeful that she would change her mind, just one year, and spend the festive season with her relatives, and share some Christmas cheer with them.

      "Of course not, you foolish man. What would I do a thing like that for? The only reason they invite me is because they expect me to spend my hard-earned fortune on lavishing presents for them," she said, as if the thought of spending any money on anybody made her ill.

      Oh, I don't think that's true, Ms Rouge. Nicole adores you, Rob said. And he was right – Nicole did adore her, although he couldn't imagine why, most of the time.

      Every year Nicole came to the mansion and invited Ms Rouge to her own humble home, almost apologetic for the lack of glamor in her own life. Every year her aunt said something mean. Every year. But she kept coming back each Christmas, without fail.

      Car headlights illuminated the gathering darkness, momentarily banishing the long shadows that crept along the great entrance hall of the mansion.

      That'll be Nicole now, Ms Rouge. It would do you the world of good to spend some time with your family over the Holidays, Rob said.

      Humbug! Ms

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