Phyllis A. Whitney

Christy Moreland, returned to the Moreland's palatial Newport estate to discover the reason for her father's death, confronts her domineering mother-in-law in a struggle for her son's freedom and her own life

Left penniless and alone by her father's sudden death, Miranda Heath goes against her father's wishes and accepts temporary lodging at the home of Captain Obadiah Bascomb, where she is manipulated into entering a loveless marriage

Brandon Reid's nine-year-old nephew is impossible to handle since accidentally shooting his father two years before. Reid asks Megan Kincaid to move into the Reid house and work with the troubled boy to curb his violent temper. As Megan learns more about Jeremy and the fateful shooting, she realizes that the boy's …