title: The Rival
author: Joyce, Brenda
description: AMIDST WHISPERS OF TREACHERY AND MURDER, THE STANHOPE HEIR VANISHES WITHOUT A TRACE...
  
  After Lionel De Vere's mysterious disappearance, Garrick De Vere becomes heir to an estate shrouded in scandal. Blackmailed by his powerful father into returning to England after a decade long exile, Garrick finds himself forced into confronting the past and defending his innocence against those who wished to see him banished forever.
  
  SHE DARED TO LOVE THE MAN ALL OF LONDON HATED...
  
  Lady Olivia Grey and her daughter both possess the shattering "gift" of sight, and it is this vision which drives Olivia from a loveless marriage directly into the heart of a bitter rivalry between two brothers, placing both herself and her daughter it jeopardy-as lies, secrets and ancient passions threaten to destroy everyone involved.
  
  They were strangers and outcasts, thrown together by would not die. Together they fought to expose a legacy of deceit and claim the love that defied their entire world.