Böcker av Bettie MacIntyre

Secrecy surrounded Barbara's birth. A bright country girl, she gained a full scholarship as a medical student. One evening, five male coeds violated her and left her pregnant. The university told her not to reveal the incident, as the boy's families contributed large endowments. She promised herself that one day, she would seek revenge. Joe, a young medical student, learned about the incident and offered to help her. They fell in love, and Barbara had a boy. Tragically, Joe and their newborn child are killed in a car accident. She graduated as a psychologist and advanced to become a department head. She reluctantly married again, but the relationship quickly soured. After a quick divorce, Barbara meets Henry, a cardiologist who abandoned a successful career after the death of his wife and now drives a cab. An evening at his place, her heart is taken by Henry's two little girls, and her feelings for him quickly turn into deep love. Barbara's life seems complete. She has Henry, his girls, and twin boys of her own, but she has never forgotten the injustice she suffered at the hand of five boys so many years ago. Will she forgive them and gain a measure of inner peace, or seek revenge? A story of Passion, Faith, Violation, and Haunting Memories.

Secrecy surrounded Barbara's birth. A bright country girl, she gained a full scholarship as a medical student. One evening, five male coeds violated her and left her pregnant. The university told her not to reveal the incident, as the boy's families contributed large endowments. She promised herself that one day, she would seek revenge. Joe, a young medical student, learned about the incident and offered to help her. They fell in love, and Barbara had a boy. Tragically, Joe and their newborn child are killed in a car accident. She graduated as a psychologist and advanced to become a department head. She reluctantly married again, but the relationship quickly soured. After a quick divorce, Barbara meets Henry, a cardiologist who abandoned a successful career after the death of his wife and now drives a cab. An evening at his place, her heart is taken by Henry's two little girls, and her feelings for him quickly turn into deep love. Barbara's life seems complete. She has Henry, his girls, and twin boys of her own, but she has never forgotten the injustice she suffered at the hand of five boys so many years ago. Will she forgive them and gain a measure of inner peace, or seek revenge? A story of Passion, Faith, Violation, and Haunting Memories.

A sensuous woman, Liz fantasizes that men are attracted to her beauty and not her money, but that glittering exterior hides a troubled soul. She and her friend Clara love to party and are together everywhere. A professional singer and piano player, Clara is reserved, not glamorous in the traditional sense, saving herself for the right man. On her debut night at the exclusive Swan River Nightclub, she waits for Liz to show up, but there is no sign of her friend. In the club''s parking lot, a handsome, distinguished Joe Vigliara offers his help, and Clara is smitten with the much older man. Luxuriating life at his sprawling mansion, she decides that Joe is the right man, and events take their inevitable romantic course. She has everything she dreamed of having: professional success, a happy marriage, a child ... except her friend Liz is not there to share it. As the months turn to years, she wonders is she would ever find her to make her life complete. Clara loves Joe unreservedly ... until another man enters her life. A sensitive story of lasting friendship, intrigue, and forbidden love.