Secrets of the Heart — Jacqueline Ashley

Only love could unlock the secrets of the heart

Investigative reporting was Melissa McKee's lifeblood. Even, though she had given up her job with a top Washington, D.C. newspaper to move to Rockport, Maryland, Melissa still had a feel for news, especially if it involved a scandal or a cover-up.

When the small newspaper she worked for in Rockport sent Melissa to the Rocking R Ranch, a reform center for teenagers, on a hot tip that something was happening to the girls there, Melissa believed she'd have the truth exposed quickly. But that was before she met Robert Redding, the ranch owner. He stirred her blood in a way she would never have expected.

Hero: Robert Redding
HeroineL Melissa McKee