Speed Dating with a Book - Contestant #1

Meet Contestant #1, a Historical Romance!

A bit about this contestant:
Contestant #1 is heartwarming. During wartime, this contestant is focused on lifting spirits and mending not only clothing, but mending hearts. Could their next mended heart be yours?

The first words they'll say to you (a snippet from the first page):
The Vicarage, Aldhurst Village, England
January 1942

      “I found it!” the Reverend Ben Carlisle’s voice called from the attic. Grace felt her breath catch as she dashed across the vicarage landing to see him come down, a long, flat box held ceremoniously in his arms, a bittersweet smile on his face.
      “Where was it?” she breathed.
      “It was hidden in a corner behind some boxes of books.” Her father’s black trousers and shirt were flecked with dust, the edge of his white vicar’s collar smeared with dirt, but he still looked good for almost fifty, Grace thought, with his tall frame and his dark hair silvering at the sides.
     "Bring it into my bedroom," Grace said, as she raced ahead of him, tidying the small bed in the corner, smoothing down the quilt her mother had made for her. "I can't believe you found it after all these years."