#paperback Marian de Lacy had met dashing Stephen of Wilmot six years ago when they were both 16 years old. They had explored their lust for one another, and after Stephen left Marian had found herself pregnant. Her father demanded she tell him the baby's father, but Marian refused and was forced from her home. She took refuge with her uncle William and cousin Carolyn. Now, for nearly six years, Marian has lived in a small hut with her two twin daughters, Audra and Lyssa, eking out a peaceful and simple life for them. Marian's peaceful world shatters, however, once she discovers that Stephen is courting her beautiful cousin Carolyn, and she wonders if she made the right decision six years ago when she had not told Stephen of his daughters. Stephen had no idea that he had two daughters. In fact, he had had no idea that Carolyn and Marian, his first love, were related until after he started pursuing Carolyn. Marian had been his first love, but he thought that Carolyn would make a suitable wife. Stephen loved to travel and detested being tied to any woman, and Carolyn was accepting of that. Still, once he saw Marian again his heart was drawn only to her and her beautiful twin daughters. Could he truly marry one cousin while being in love with the other?