Beholden

STILL WATERS RUN DEEP ON THE CAROLINA COAST...

Kathleen O'Sullivan had inherited her mother's pride and her father's grit; her younger sister, Tara, possessed their grandmother's gift of second sight. It wasn't enough to put food on the table in famine-struck Ireland, so Kathleen and her sister fled to America--to the stranger who was their only hope--the man their father had given up his own life to save .

...AND SO DOES DESIRE

Galen McKnight was far from the fatherly protector Kathleen had imagined. An irresistibly handsome bachelor, he had sworn off marriage and staked his future on a ramshackle gambling boat. Now he was faced with two impoverished Irish waifs who needed his help--and stirred his conscience. As the winds of destiny swept across the Carolina coast, he swore to honor his promise to keep the O'Sullivan girls safe--even if it meant denying the love Kathleen had so passionately awakened ....