title: Playing for Keeps
author: Owens, Cynthia
description: He fled life in the shadows for a life in the limelight Never as dutiful as his older brother, Lucas Davenport was a thinker, a dreamer of dreams. When tragedy overtook his family, he fled to the bright lights of the stage. Can he make the Shannon Theatre Troupe a success - or is he doomed to once again be "the other son?" She sought the past she barely remembered. Mary Kathryn O'Brien returns to the genteel world her mother left behind - but can Irish Katie ever truly hope to belong? Or will old wounds and new rivalries destroy the threads of family forever? Lucas and Katie must battle prejudice and buried secrets before they can learn to trust each other. Is their love just a brief intermission, or are they Playing For Keeps?