Bad Billy Culver
A BETRAYAL ... A DARK SECRET ...
A LOVE THAT WOULD OUTLAST SLANDER
AND TIME AND TABOO...

Billy Culver grew up poor, handsome as the devil -- and twice as bad. Arlene Lambert grew up in a home full of the security and elegance only old money could provide. Throughout their childhoods, Arlene and Billy were playmates and allies, having fun and sharing troubles. But as they suddenly matured, their brother-sister closeness changed dramatically into the irresistible passion of man and woman. And then, just as suddenly, scorned and condemned for a transgression he did not commit, Billy was driven out of town.

Now, rich and powerful and determined, Bad Billy Culver is back -- and dead set on getting revenge. His scheme involves Arleen, yet when he sees her again, he is tormented by guilt ... desire ... and echoes of love. For her part, Arlene has never stopped loving Billy -- but it is a love she dares not act on. For to do so means revealing a secret so profound, so shameful that she will lose love itself to keep it from coming to light.