The Gift That Is Ruby's Place — Holly Schindler

What is the true story of Ruby's Place?For years, gossip has swirled throughout the small Missouri town of Sullivan. Something strange going on out there at Ruby's, they say. Ruby's Place is no mere bar. Why? The ghosts of Christmases past are all still inside. Ruby's still there, too, decades after her own passing. Nobody ever ran that bar quite like Ruby, after all. And nobody--not even Angela, the bar's current owner--would be able to bring the old regulars back like Ruby can, with nothing more than a rattle of her cocktail shaker. Yes, the people of Sullivan whisper, behind the red neon sign at Ruby's Place, the term spirits refers to far more than the top-shelf liquors. On Christmas Eve, you can see them all for yourself. Spend one last moment with your own special loved one, a face you thought you'd lost forever. Wouldn't the best Christmas present be one last chance to right wrongs? Hold that special someone's hand? Say, I love you one more time?But perhaps, as is often the case with gossip, this is nothing but a silly rumor. What is the truth behind Ruby's Place? And what is the true story of Angela, the bar's current owner? Journey to a snow-drenched Sullivan this Christmas to find out...