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Jill Gallagher’s world turns upside down when she brings her deceased fiancé’s body to his aristocratic English family. Suddenly she is plunged into a hostile environment filled with suspicion and tightly held secrets. While navigating this treacherous landscape, Jill discovers an old photograph of an American heiress named Kate Gallagher who looks eerily similar to herself—Kate vanished almost a century ago. Now, as Jill digs deeper into the mystery, she must confront the legacy of scandal that Kate left behind, face those who will stop at nothing to keep it buried, and decide whether the enigmatic man who may be her greatest ally could also be her most dangerous foe.
First publish date: 1999
Genre: Suspense/Romantic Suspense
Authors: Brenda Joyce
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