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

“I already said, I’m not going to let her know that I know until after this is over, if I ever do. She, they, carried on the fa?ade—that’s a horrible word but that was what they did. Anyway, they never told me I wasn’t their natural born son. If it makes her feel better to think that I think I’m hers by birth, I don’t want to destroy that.” Theo looked at Kane and the lieutenant. “Does that make sense?”


“It does,” Kane replied. “Now back to why we’re here. Figuring out how we can apprehend Mr. Moore’s attacker in such a way that he doesn’t smell a trap.”


“To start with, I continue searching for the right ‘Lilliana’,” Ric said. “That should push his buttons.”


“I can come by the agency,” Theo started to say.


Ric interrupted. “If he’s trying to track my search, he’ll be in his hotel so he wouldn’t see you. If he’s staking us out, he’d have no way of knowing who you are.”


“I’ll wear a sign,” Theo replied with a grin. He sobered seconds later. “I’m the right age to be me.”


Chapter 32