The Secret Daughter

Raising Cane #2

by Roz Denny Fox

Duke Fontaine is dead, but he's left behind a daughter no one knew he had. A daughter who's about to inherit one-third of his estate. Noelani Hana is the secret daughter of Louisiana sugar magnate Duke Fontaine - and the secret sister of his children Casey and Jackson. Their existence is as much of a shock to her as hers is to them.

Complying with the terms of his will, Noelani travels to Bellefontaine, the family estate and sugar plantation. She wants nothing more than to collect her share of the inheritance and return home to Hawaii.

Three things stop her. One, she'll have to wait for the cane harvest, since the Fontaines are land rich and cash poor. Two, she discovers that they apparently have an enemy willing to sabotage Bellefontaine, and as Noelani is now a member of the family, she, too, becomes a target.

And three - she meets Adam Ross. A man who's sweet as sugar, sexy as sin and damn good in a crisis!

Genres: Romance

304 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published May 1, 2003

About the author

Roz saw her first book, Red Hot Pepper, published by Harlequin Books in February 1990. She has written for several Harlequin series lines as well as special projects and online serials. Besides being a writer Roz has worked as a medical secretary and as an administrative assistant for both an elementary school and a community college. Part of her love for writing came from moving around with her husband during his tenure in the Marine Corps and later as a telephone engineer. The richness of settings and diversity of friendships she's experienced continue to find their way into Roz's stories.

Reviews

[Lu Bielefeld · Rating 4 out of 5]

4 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ - Liked it!

[Suzanne · Rating 2 out of 5]

I picked this up at a Little Free Library and thought it looked like a cute romance. I was also intrigued to find out it is set in my own backyard. Well, there were a lot of things about the story that were familiar. And there were also things that were exaggerated. Aging southern belles who don’t believe women should have a career are not part of my life experience. Women who buy a new Cadillac every year are also not part of my life experience. Unfortunately people who don’t manage their money well are part of everyone’s life experience. And even though I have lived in Louisiana all my life, I just don’t know very many people in the Baton Rouge area who speak French as part of their heritage. I found our heroine and hero to be interesting characters - except when dealing with one another. Page after page of awkward dialogue, come together, break apart, ad nauseum. I also just didn’t think the writing was good - it didn’t flow well. I won’t be continuing the series.

[Iniye · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fantastic. Hoping to read Jackson's Girls also.

[Ugwu Racheal · Rating 5 out of 5]

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