Christmas Redemption / Patsy Jager / 196 pages / Winter Holiday Themed Book

As a young man Van tried desparately to get his father's attention. He foolishly participated in a robbery as a lookout. Unfortunately, an innocent man was killed in the robbery. Van was sentenced to 10 years in prison. In prison he learned to make boots. He has returned to his hometown 12 years after the robbery. He hopes to open a boot store, make amends with his father, and apologize to the family of the man killed in the robbery. On his first day in town he rescues Tess. the daughter of the slain man, from a job in the saloon. She desires to be a teacher and begins helping Van clean his newly purchased store and her squatter home. What interest does the judge who sentenced Van have in the robbery and Tess's family?