Shadow Lover

In the wealthy MacDowell family, adopted daughter Carolyn Smith always felt like an outsider. But as she tends the dying MacDowell matriarch, Aunt Sally -- the only mother she's ever known -- Carolyn hopes her aunt will find peace. Then Alex MacDowell walks into their lives.Wild and spoiled, Aunt Sally's son Alex ran away eighteen years ago. Now he has returned -- to his loving mother and a large inheritance. The headstrong bad boy of the family always stirred mixed feelings of jealousy and desire in Carolyn, but her heart holds a deadly secret. This compelling man can't be Alex -- because on the night Alex "disappeared, " she saw him murdered.Held in terror, Carolyn kept silent for years. Now as she works to expose Iris true identity, she uncovers a tangled web of hidden secrets and lies. But Carolyn suspects that the seductive power of this dark and dangerous man could be the biggest threat of all....Anne Stuart is the author of 'Shadow Lover' with ISBN 9781568957425 and ISBN 1568957424.