Doris Aldrich Smith

Ruby's Reward Doris Aldrich Smith

Book 2 in the Legacy series. Ruby has inherited the old family home, but only after fulfilling the requirement that Ruby, her mom, daughter and granddaughter must live together for a month in the home place . Her Aunt Lou wanted Ruby and her family to deal with dysfunctional family issues. They succeed. She resigns her job and moves to southern Indiana to enjoy her new inheritance and paint to her heart's content. Her neighbor and Aunt Lou's attorney helps her move. She finds that she is falling in love with Steve, even though she has declared that she would never need another man in her life. After moving in, Ruby receives a letter from an unknown man who claims to have the deed on her property and she needs to get out. The man is murdered and the sheriff suspects Ruby. The man's son continued the badgering to get Ruby to move. Did she have anything to do with the murder? Was she really not the owner of the lovely home and property? Would she have to move? Her daughter and son-in-law spend many weekends with Ruby, as does Granny. This is a cozy mystery.