A Very Special Christmas - Anna Jacobs Gebunden

Abigail Beadle has given two decades of her life to first caring for her father who has developed Parkinsons then at his request as his health fails completely looking after the centuries old family home Ashgrove House In order to do that she has to put up with being ordered around by her stepmother Edwina who is not a pleasant person. Abigail has never married because Lucas Chadwick the man she loved when she was young left the village suddenly with his family. This was due to her stepmothers machinations and threats but as Edwina also intercepted his letters to Abigail afterwards th e relationship was broken up. When her stepmother dies suddenly Abigail is glad to be released from the womans nagging and bullying but doubts shell manage to keep her beloved home because of the need to pay inheritance tax.Various people start plotting to help Abigail put together enough money to pay the inheritance taxes and keep her familys home. Will they succeed or will she lose everything?