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

“Thanks to one of my lawyers, who is helping me rewrite my will, it’s come to my attention that someone is interested in Lily’s whereabouts.”


“I don’t know for certain if it’s her, but are you willing to take the chance that it isn’t? The lawyer’s clerk was researching her whereabouts, as usual with no luck, and discovered someone else seemed to be doing that as well.”


The son shook his head. “Who, and why? Do they know?”


“I wouldn’t need you if they did, would I?” The older man viciously ground out his cigar. “It’s possible the bastard she spawned has found out he was adopted and has hired someone to locate his birth mother.”


“Tell me where to find the—the detective, I presume—and I’ll have a talk with him and find out who he’s working for.”


“The clerk doesn’t know where the detective’s located, or what his name is. If he did, I wouldn’t—”


Chapter 11