Used Book – The Color of the Past, Kathleen O'Brien

Romantic, idealistic, Celia Brice is sure she's found true love since meeting Patrick Torrance. Recently arrived in town, handsome, charming, brilliant, the young businessman won her over from their very first date. The only fly in the ointment is Patrick's search for his biological parents, who abandoned him, and this quest consumes his every thought. But Celia trusts in the strength of their love: once the mysteries are cleared up, she is certain, nothing will stand in the way of Patrick and her finding perfect happiness... Until the day she stumbles upon Patrick's journal, where he recounts their meeting. Celia then sees the terrible truth laid bare before her eyes: far from being the ideal man she adores, Patrick is nothing more than a cold manipulator who admits to having approached and seduced her with the sole purpose of skillfully questioning her about one of her old friends, Trish. Trish, who, according to Patrick, knows a great deal about parents he has secretly come to take revenge on...