The wrong mirror

Did he want her--or his son?

Karen Alyward hated Hal Chissolm. First, the newspaper magnate had refused to marry Kirsty, her pregnant twin sister.

And now, he wanted Kirsty's son--the son Kirsty had hidden from him until she lay dying. The son she'd allowed Karen to adopt.

Hal threatened to take the child away unless Karen agreed to marry him. She accused him of having no feelings, yet clearly, that wasn't true--the feelings he aroused in Karen were equally intense...

From the inside cover:

'I want the mother of my child as my wife.'

Karen's stomach heaved with nausea a Hal's suggestion. 'It's not me you want,' she said. 'Its Kirsty. Well, I'm not Kirsty,'

He appeared completely unperturbed. 'I'm well aware of that. Kirsty died in my arms, remember? It's you I want.'

'It's an impossible situation,' Karen whispered.

'Not al all,' he denied. 'It's quite clear cut.'

She stared at him, looking desperately for a chink in his armor. 'I've always hated you,' she said.

'Your last marriage was presumably based on love, but it didn't work. Perhaps hate is a better basis for starting with. After all, things can't get worse. They can only improve.'