Private Lies — Judith Arnold

A RELUCTANT HEIRESS...

Though her millionaire father was dying, Hollis Griffin rejected his attempts to make amends. After all, he'd always refused to acknowledge her as his child -- and now she intended to make him pay...

Her downfall came in the form of Ray Fargo, the man hired to "bring her back alive." The smooth-talking P.I. had a drawl as deep as the mighty Mississippi and persuasive powers that convinced Hollis to let him take her to her father.

But in New Orleans, steamy nights that sizzled with passion, voodoo magic -- and Ray -- began to wreak havoc on Hollis's long-harbored desire for revenge...