The Strength of Desire

the long version

THIS TIME, FOREVER The truth will out! The first time: Hope had always been strongly attracted to Guy, but she did the right thing and turned her back on him…until that fateful weekend, when their desire boiled over. In-between times: Hope tried to put her short-lived, misguided affair with Guy behind her, and be a good mother to her daughter, Maxine. This time: The death of Hope's ex-husband, Jack, has brought Guy, his younger brother, back into her life. Hope is left with two legacies: one is the startling contents of Jack's will, the other is the need to confess the truth—that Maxine is not Guy's niece, but his daughter….