The Birth Mother

Their passion mounted...and so did the evidence against her.

Long-simmering desire brought Brandon Harper to Emma Stover's bed. And on the same earth-shattering night, a sinister crime left a prominent Whitehorn citizen dead. When Emma was arrested for murder, her passionate liaison proved a flimsy alibi. Though Brandon proclaimed her innocence with warriorlike fierceness, he did so out of duty--not love. For this wounded heir kept his heart sequestered...just as Emma kept certain secrets--like her birth mother's identity--under lock and key. Could destined love set them both free?