"It was disastrous, impossible, incredible, unthinkable. In no way could this have been dreamed in the wildest of imaginations. No story conceived with such a plot would ever be given serious consideration by a writer of any merit or common sense. Any professional dedicated to prediction would find this scenario with odds too small to be calculated.Yet it was happening." Hidden in the embarrassing past, a long held secret is unearthed by daughter Katherine. She discovers her father has lied about who he is. The man is not who he claims to be. Not even her mother knows her husband's real name. Who is this man, the head of their family? What is the mystery behind his deception? What kind of person is this, her father? Can she trust anything he says? Can she stay content to live a lie, under a fake name, with a fictional heritage, or no heritage at all? Not Katherine Marlowe. She will uncover the truth. Whatever it takes. However long it takes. Yet her search will lead her where she least expects. And when the truth is finally revealed, not even her father knows the story entire. "Education, class, upbringing, wisdom; none of these have anything to do with love. They might know how to name it, even attempt to describe it, but none of these other factors can circumscribe it. It lives in a universe its own, where the human heart decides or rejects, opens or closes, laughs or cries, but celebrates and moans."*******Stevan's novels, this the author's sixth, often deal with the vagaries of family relationships, as in Twin Dilemma, Baido and Melissa, and Haven.