Son Of Adam — Don Stanford

After years of verbal abuse and rejection at the hands of his father, young Paul Blythington inherits his father's fortune and vast land holdings. He is determined to part with his father's old alliances and practices and lead Southern Kingdom with honesty and integrity. He soon learns that breaking with the past comes at a high cost. He wonders if he is up to the task. His personal life is in shambles. The sins of his father have touched his life. He must give up the woman he loves. He finds himself attracted to his father's beautiful and alluring mistress who urges him to avenge himself through her. The unscrupulous men Adam Blythington engaged while building Southern Kingdom are equally determined to destroy Paul, by murder if necessary, and take all that is his. Paul, with the help of his lifelong friend, Jefferson LeBlanc, fights to save Southern Kingdom and his own life. Son of Adam is the third novel of the Blythington family saga. The previous novels in the series are Southern Kingdom and Southern Kingdom's Harvest.