Midnight Heiress Author:Kate Frederick As a child, Barbara dreamed that someday she would marry a rich man, a nobleman, a prince who would sweep her away from her dreary life as the ward of her eccentric Aunt Martha. But as a young woman, she knew that without beauty and resources, she was destined for a life of genteel servitude. Then her aunt died, leaving Barbara her entire fortun... more »e. There was one stipulation: Barbara must marry the bastard son that Martha had never acknowledged-tall, darkly handsome Richard Goodall.
Suddenly it seemed that her girlhood dreams were coming true ... At High Place, Richard Goodall's island plantation. Barbara found a strange and sinister new world. Her enigmatic husband was tormented by the secrets of the past -- secrets which she seemed to disturb by her very presence. Secrets which the Goodall family would go to any lengths to protect. What evil purpose had Aunt Martha had in trapping her here? And how long could Barbara hope to survive as the Midnight Heiress?« less