Legacy of Love

Will their love come at a cost?Escaping Boston to avoid a marriage of convenience aimed at garnering societys respect for her family name in the shadow of her fathers war profiteering Meg Underwood settles in Spruce Hill Oregon. Despite leaving behind the comforts of wealth shes happy. Then the handsome Pinkerton agent Reuben Jessop arrives with news that shes inherited her aunts significant estate and she must return home to claim the bequest. Meg refuses to make the trip. Unwilling to fail at his mission Reuben gives her until Christmas to prove why she should remain in Spruce Hill and give up the opportunity to become a woman of means. When he seems to want more than friendship she wonders if her new-found wealth is the basis of his attraction.