New from the author of No. 1 bestseller CORNELIUS ~ A golden opportunity. ~ ~ The families left behind. ~ ~ Lust, betrayal and scandal. ~ Mira Cullen is prompted to fly out to the Caribbean to meet a man her brother Wade must introduce her to. Daniel Smith believes it's providence that a chance encounter with Wade has resulted in him meeting the one person who could possibly bring to light and put to rest an age-old mystery involving his beloved mother. Smith, a product of "the contract", which took place decades earlier—deems it an opportunity that literally sustained the lives of many, but in whose clutches also stole the life of the one person he loved more than anything else in the world. Will Mira's attempt to uncover the truth ultimately grieve the one who yearns it? Or will the final discovery prove to be bitter-sweet?