Phyllis A. Whitney

"Phyllis Whitney is, and always will be, the Grand Master of her craft."-Barbara Michaels Jessica's life was a closed book until she found herself entangled with the dangerous drama of a strange and passionate family. Searching for a new life on sultry St. Thomas Island, she is drawn into the wealthy family's dark …

Lacey, Elise, and Giles. They grew up together on a mist-shrouded island off the Georgia coast. Long ago, and without Giles's ever knowing it, Lacey gave birth to his son. But Elise, the beautiful, domineering one, got Giles. She got Lacey's child, too, to bring up as her own.Lacey has tried hard to forget. But in ten …

The lush, secluded mountains of North Carolina's Lake Lure had drawn Lauren Castle into their spell. It was here, in 1938, that Hollywood's glamour girl, Victoria Frazer, drowned during a scandalous affair with actor Roger Brandt. Few knew about the baby spirited into the night. That baby was Lauren's mother. Just two …