Theo was twenty-five when he discovered something that would change his life -- his adoption certificate, with any information about his birthmother other than her given names, Lilliana Nichole, blacked out. His father is dead and his mother away on business, so he can't ask them why they hadn't told him he was adopted ... and why the certificate had been defaced. He decides his only recourse is to hire a private detective agency to search for Lilliana.<br><br>It doesn't take long for Ric Baron of Moore Investigations to determine that locating Lilliana might be impossible. But he's more than willing to give it his all for the interesting young man who asked for the agency's help.<br><br>Soon after Ric begins his search, he receives a threatening email from someone who wants him to stop looking for Lilliana. From there, things escalate as Ric and Theo deal with the aftermath of the threat and their growing interest in each other. Can they learn the man's identity before he discovers Theo is Lilliana's son and goes after him? Only time will tell.

A Secret Uncovered

“Whoever defaced the Certificate of Adoption did a good job of it,” Foster said after looking it over. “I’m not promising anything, but I’ll do my best to bring up the missing information. As far as the birth certificate goes, at first glance it looks like the real thing, meaning it’s an expert forgery.”


“It must be, since Theo used it to get his passport,” Ethan replied.


“Someone had very good connections.” Foster stated. “There aren’t all that many people who can create something like this and have it pass the kind of scrutiny it would have received for him to geta passport.”


Ethan nodded. “I presume you know who most of them are.”


“Of course. I also know their work so I should be able to narrow it down to one of them once I examine this in detail.”


“Can Mr. Speer afford this?” Foster asked.


“I already told him you weren’t cheap and he accepted it, so I think he can. He didn’t flinch when he found out what I charge.”


Chapter 8