Used book – The Illegitimate Heir, Susan Mallery, Alexandra Teissier

"I won't let you harm your sisters any longer – they are also my closest friends," Dana Birch declared. "So, from now on, I'm sticking to you like glue!" In front of her, dressed only in his bath towel, Garth Duncan simply smiled. Garth, the family's black sheep, Jed Tristan's illegitimate son, a father who had never acknowledged him. Dana agreed: Garth had every reason to want revenge on his father – but to go so far as to attack his own sisters and strip them of their inheritance, that was a line she would prevent him from crossing! "Lucky me!" he finally replied, mocking. "Such charming company, everywhere I go... But you're lucky too, Dana." At these last words, Dana felt a strange unease wash over her. Was Garth Duncan trying to destabilize her? Was he... flirting with her? Suddenly, the truth of the situation dawned on her: by deciding to stick to Garth's heels to protect her friends, she had, despite herself, delivered herself into the hands of the most formidable adversary imaginable...!