Spice box by the late Grace Livingston Hill (
Wikipedia) is a standalone novel in the Love Endures series reprinting her vintage f/m inspirational romances, this one a then-contemporary tale of intertwining fates and possibly two couples-to-be, as a doctor discovers a young woman lying in a snow drift, who later disappears mysteriously without revealing her true identity, even as an elderly woman tries to befriend a local boy running wild in the streets, free for a limited time courtesy of Christian publisher Barbour Books.
This was originally published in 1943 by J. B. Lippincott. A customer review notes that this is written in a style apparently rather different from the author's usual one, but still enjoyable anyway if you like her stories.
Currently free @
B&N &
Amazon &
Kobo (neither available to Canadians) &
ChristianBook (DRM-free ePub hypothetically available worldwide if they ever get around to allowing downloads of the freebies again) May also be free at Google Play in the US, where they have an entire catalogue Canadians don't see.
Description
Dr. Howard Sterling is on his way home when he comes upon a woman in a snow drift. Meanwhile Martha Spicer, elderly spinster, takes an interest in taming one of the local boys who seem to run wild in the streets. Then Janet disappears without telling the doctor about her true identity. But the hand of Providence is about to bring these four souls together in a marvelous way.