Was the price of Family Loyalty Too High? Mary Delacroix had lost the love of her life many years ago because of her sense of duty to her family. Rafe Perdido had been captivated by shy, plain Mary, but he was a drifter, and she was the daughter of the richest man in town. And Rafe had been in the woods the night a young woman had drowned. So had Mary's brothers - Charles and Philip. Now, sixty years later, they would all finally have to face the repercussions of their youthful indiscretions.