• Paperback ISBN: 
  1-59374-322-X
• E-book ISBN: 
  1-59374-323-8

Release Date:  November, 2005

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Book Description:

What if everything you thought you knew about your family turns out to be a lie?

Penelope Livingston has had an ache in her heart for twenty five years -- ever since that traumatic day she gave her baby up for adoption.  Now, she's trying to locate her daughter.  Research uncovers a young woman named Claire who seems to be a perfect match.  The two women believe it is Fate that they found each other, and they begin to forge a happy friendship.

Unfortunately, only the baby's father, Larry O'Neill knows the truth -- that he never allowed his daughter to be given up for adoption.  He raised the baby himself, with the help of his babysitter, Sally, who quickly became his wife.

Now, how does he keep Penelope off his daughter Melody's trail, so that he can keep his family in tact and himself out of jail?

Author's Notes:

It was fun to write this book, and I feel that it stretched my skills as a writer.  When I set out to write this book, I wanted to try to do a more complicated plot line.  Instead of having a straightforward story that starts at Point A, moves through Points B, C and D, and ends at Point E (like my first two books), I wanted something a little more challenging.  More intricate.  I wanted to create multiple storylines of seemingly unrelated characters, and explore each one individually, before eventually tying it all together and letting the reader in on how they're all connected.  I hope I achieved that.

I worked on this one for nine straight months, which is pretty quick by my standard, considering it's 20,000 words longer than my first two books. 

Tally:  Legacy was rejected by 12 publishers, and received one contract offer, which I declined, before finding a home as a trade paperback and e-book with Whiskey Creek Press!

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