"Secrets abound in this one!"

Abby Duncan has come home to Hope, Texas, first to escape an abusive ex-husband and secondly to help Simon Brewster write his memoirs. She has an ulterior motive for helping Simon Brewster. First she wants to clear her father's good name of the rumor that he embezzled from Simon Brewster and was fired. Even though her father is dead now, Abby only wants good memories of him to survive. She figures she can cut a deal with Brewster.

Brewster drives a hard bargain though and tells Abby that he'll tell the truth about her father if she will help him find his unacknowledged daughter. He tells her to take his ranch foreman, Jonas Parker with her because her search will lead her to Mexico to find Delores Alvarez. But Abby has a long road to travel. It seems that someone doesn't want her finding out this information. The mystery is who this someone might be. It could be Simon's relatives who don't want this long lost daughter found or it could be some of his ex-workers who have a grudge against him.

What Abby also doesn't bargain for is her strong attraction for Jonas but Jonas feels that he's just not good enough for Abby. He comes from an abusive background and knows that Abby had an abusive husband. Jonas is worried that he may be an abusive person too even though there's never been an indication that he could ever raise a hand to anyone.

What I really like about the Superromances now is that they have an element of mystery to them. Mysteries are my second love and I've been thoroughly enjoying the Superromances that I've read lately. Linda Warren has written a book that has kept me turning pages. I thought I had the mystery figured out but there were a couple of surprises that threw me for a loop. I like that in a book! I will be looking for more books by Linda Warren!

Reviewed by Kathy Boswell
Posted March 18, 2002

Summary

She's made a deal with the devil?

Abby Duncan's come home to Hope, Texas - the town known as Brewster's Valley after the wealthy, powerful old man who rules it - to find the truth behind the accusations that drove her father to his death. Only Brewster knows what really happened and he refuses to tell Abby unless she agrees to find his missing daughter - the child he's never acknowledged.

And part of Brewster's deal is that Abby undertake this search with the help of Jonas Parker, foreman of Brewster's farming empire. Jonas knows only too well that the truth may not be what Abby expects. But neither of them can anticipate the secrets they're about to uncover. Secrets that threaten to shatter everything they've ever believed about themselves -- and each other.