Natalie Shepherd left Shelter Springs as soon as she could manage it, worn down by loss--first the death of her mother when she was only a teenager, and then her father--unable to cope with his grief--left her and her siblings to live with her aunt Liz who runs the Shelter Inn.  But when her older brother Jake died in a skiing accident two years later, Natalie had suffered all the loss she could stand. While Natalie put distance between her and her Idaho hometown, her sister McKenna stayed in Shelter Springs, married her high school sweetheart, and joined Aunt Liz at the Shelter Inn.  But Natalie does love her sister, and when McKenna calls her--pregnant and on bed rest--begging for help over the holiday season, Natalie has no choice but to come running to take over the charming local inn. The first person Natalie encounters when she returns to the Shelter Inn is Griffin--the older boy who always fascinated her.  But now Griff, the last person to see Jake alive