An Unexpected Family (Platinum Fiction Series)

The Ladies of Covington are in for a shock when Kathleen Simmons‚ a woman on the run from an abusive husband‚ pulls into their driveway with her 7–year–old daughter Clarisse — and reveals that she is the illegitimate child of Thomas Declose‚ Amelia’s late husband. Overwhelmed with anger at Thomas’s betrayal‚ Amelia rejects his daughter and grandchild. But Clarisse is the image of Amelia’s deceased daughter Caroline‚ and Amelia‚ despite her resentment‚ slowly comes to accept them. But can she put the pain of betrayal behind her enough to call this mother and child family?