Finally meeting the wealthy family she'd never known should have given Corrie Grant the information about her father she'd craved all her life. But the Mannings of Savannah were a secretive and hostile bunch. All except Lucas Santee, her grandfather's sophisticated right-hand man, who stood between Corrie and her relatives' unrelenting barbs and slights. The family's suspicion of her seemed frivolous at first, but when a mysterious series of accidents occurred, Corrie was forced to take it seriously. How far would the Mannings go to keep their secrets buried forever?
Corrie Grant doesn't want her grandfather's wealth. All she wants is to learn about the father she never met and what happened to him and to her mother. Her southern relatives don't trust her. After all, why wouldn't this poor relation not be after money? They make it clear she's not wanted. Then Corrie begins to have accidents, some of them with the potential to be deadly. Lucas Santee, who takes care of the family business thinks Corrie is running a scam, but he can't sit by and watch as someone continues to make attacks on her life. Together Lucas and Corrie set out to learn what happened to her parents. Marta Perry skillfully blends romance and suspense in this fast paced story about two people with separate agendas thrown into a fight against evil.
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