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Emma Delaney has always believed in a bright future, assuming the role of bride to wealthy Oliver Foy would fulfill that promise. But she soon learns that their marriage is built on deception—no one is truly who they appear to be. Surrounded by concealed identities and hidden motives, Emma uncovers her own secrets and realizes that the only way to survive is to confront the true nature of the people who surround her.
When a murder drives Emma to flee Oliver’s plantation in Jamaica, she and her loyal friend find shelter in the Caribbean in hopes of safety. Yet tragedy strikes, cutting short their brief respite by sea, and Emma is left to reconcile her past with the need to assume new identities and homes, forever altering her sense of self.
First publish date: 1981
Genre: Suspense/General Suspense
Authors: O'Donnell, Peter
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