It was devastating enough when Sandy Hilliard's younger sister, Karen, vanished and crushing when she watched her mother pass away. The final blow was dealt when her stepfather callously declared her half-sister Josie to be an only child and sole heir. Deeply hurt, she vows to put the two of them out of her life. Not so easy. Her stepfather doesn't take rejection very well. When Sandy falls in love with Trace Morgan and shares her family problems with him, he concludes her world will never be right until the real truth is revealed about Karen's disappearance. He sets out to expose her stepfather's dark secrets so she can move on with her life and soften her attitude towards marriage and family. Nobody could have predicted how that angry old man would react when his secret life style and past sins are exposed.