Vacationing in Italy from her job in Stowe, Vermont, Laura Kincaid meets Trista Serrano (Trista using her mother's last name). They exchange addresses. Trista, unwell, is unwed and pregnant. To hide her shame, she steals Laura's identity and has her daughter use Laura's name as mother and for her daughter's protection names her brother, Dominic, as father.Trista shows up at Laura's with her baby. She admits her shame and that she is dying and pleads with Laura to take her baby, rev...

His mother dead, 16 years old, Clay Trent knew he had to run away when he shot the plantation's overseer and then his cruel father. His half-brother, Luke, ran with him. From Georgia, months later, hungry and in their ragged clothes, they end up in Arizona where they meet Dan Driver, owner of Double D Ranch. Dan hires them, but Clay needs to confess his crime to Dan. Now, only three people knew his secret: Clay, Luke, and Dan. Still, the secret stayed with Clay, who was unable to forget. C...

Willie regrets promising to take her friend's place at the Earl of Grenmoor's estate in Cornwall for a few days and tries to back out, but her sense of duty holds her firm. Pretending to be someone she's not goes against all her principles, and Willie eventually confesses her deception. Surprisingly, the earl's grandmother accepts her confession and sets her sights on matchmaking Willie with her grandson, Lucien Barkley.Neither Willie nor Lucien are aware of this scheme, and they d...

Twin Delbert, the second-born, covets being Duke, and Lady Eudora wants to be his Duchess . T ogether, they arrange to have the Duke and firstborn killed. The Duke is killed, but greedy thugs keep Derrick alive to sell to Captain Zuber. Lying in blood, Derrick hears his brother and lady pay off thugs. After being thrown on the filthy shark tooth deck, he never tells his title and names himself Wolf, determined to survive to return and have his revenge. He survives brutality and torture, an...