"Your eyes harbor dark secrets."

The truth in Rick's remark flustered Dale.

When her parents were killed in a plane crash, Dale was thrust out of her lonely world at boarding school into a new life with her handsome guardian, Rick Crawford. Then she discovered the disastrous truth about her heritage.

Now she dared not fall in love with Rick. He knew the humiliating circumstances of her past, and besides, he had Melissa. She possessed everything Dale longed for--beauty, confidence, a proud heritage . .. and Rick.