Christmas at the Cove, Chapter 13

*Women's fiction *Beach reads *Holiday *Christmas *Family Saga *Five Island Cove

Alice’s phone rang with the shrill, old-fashioned ring she’d assigned to her business number just as she put a bite of the lemon doughnut in her mouth. She breathed in, which was a big mistake, as the outside of the doughnut had a healthy amount of powdered sugar on it—which was now floating in her lungs.

She coughed and choked, the ringing so loud it hu…