A Christmas legacy

the long version

YOU ARE NOW ENTERING RIVERBEND, INDIANA Riverbend...home of the River Rats -- a group of small-town sons and daughters who've been friends since high school. The River Rats are all grown-up now. Living their lives and learning that some days are good and some aren't -- and that you can get through anything as long as you have your friends. When his father betrayed him, Jacob Steele left Riverbend, vowing never to return. He even changed his name to Jay Lawrence. Fifteen years later, he's back -- because of his father's strange will -- to claim the inheritance he doesn't want but definitely needs. He's also making sure his maiden aunts are protected from Kate McMann, the woman who stands to inherit if Jay doesn't fulfill the terms of the will. Jay knows Kate is up to something. And the only way to find out what is to hide his true identity and lie his way into her home. But even Jay isn't prepared for what he discovers....