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

“You be damned careful, both of you,” Ethan said when Ric finished. He looked at Theo, smiling wryly. “Not quite what you expected would happen when you hired us, I bet.”


“Not at all,” Theo agreed. “I hoped you’d find Lilliana and then I’d have to decide if I wanted to contact her or not.”


“I know. Right now, though, I’m more concerned with why this man doesn’t want me to.”


“With any kind of luck, we’re going to find out,” Ric said. “And come out of it in one piece, with him in custody—at the very least for assault with a deadly weapon.”


“If the police can prove he’s the one who attacked me,” Ethan pointed out. “I presume they went over my office with a fine-toothed comb so hopefully they found fingerprints and other trace evidence.”


“They did, and Detective Kane’s people are working of putting names to the prints they found.”


Chapter 34