With Penalty and Interest — Deirdre Mardon

The best-laid plans often go astray...

Clare Eckert hated lies. She'd had enough dishonesty during her marriage. Now in serious financial straits, she was working part-time as a bookkeeper. But living with her sister and brother-in-law in their luxurious Connecticut estate was like watching a replay of her own troubled past, and she resolved to protect her sister as best she could.

Then she met Michael Duffy, as honest a man as her ex-husband was deceitful. When Clare learned, however, that a tax-fraud investigation was being conducted right under her nose, she knew that once again she'd become a victim of betrayal ....