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HELEN HANSON FELT A SURGE of joy when she reached Monterey Bay.
Glistening like a blue mirror, the water was dotted with boats of every style, color, and size. A few moved gracefully under sail. Others darted along, leaving billowing white trails, and at the shore, sleek yachts shifted gently in their slips.
When she was here a week ago, she'd been too upset to realize how breathtakingly beautiful it was, but now she thought it was a picture postcard come to life in the sunlight. And Neely was here, waiting for her.
Thinking of him helped her keep everything else out of mind.
Yesterday, even after she had done exactly what he told her to do, she had been afraid she would never hear from him again. Then last night his assistant called, asking her to come back to the Bay. She took a deep breath. The salt air was soothing. Everything would be all right.
She'd loved Neely for years since they were in high school and she'd gone to great lengths to follow his career in New York. But daydreams had been her only comfort until a year ago when he . . . . . .
It was every mother's nightmare come true. Shannon and her two-year-old daughter were traveling cross-country to start a new life.
Then Shannon was accused of the worst possible crime. They said that Mandy was not her real child-and that Shannon had kidnapped the girl to replace the one she lost.
Now, imprisoned and desperate, Shannon must somehow prove her innocence. But why is there a death certificate with Mandy's name on it? Why is Shannon lying? And how does a mother prove that a child is her own?
