Alex and Czarina

Book excerpt: Father Alex Smythe is a young parish priest visiting St. Agnes for the first time. St Agnes is a large and wealthy parish. He notices a young lady sitting up front with the junior choir. To him she seems to have no interest in the service or his sermon. Then he discovers that her attention is taken up with the sound of ball and bat of a game of cricket playing just out side the church windows. Even more shocking to his senses is that the girl is the soloist for the morning. When she stood and started to sing, his heart skipped a beat. Who is she, he wanted to know. She was Czarina Hollis the pride and joy of her family. There are more things in store for Father Smythe. Follow him and see how he wins his love and the heart of the town.