Winter Solstice

Bilford, New Hampshire, so named for the Bilford family, is home to shipping magnate Gordon Andrew Bilford III. To the world, Gordon is a powerful businessman, a man of wealth, taste, and decorum, and sadly, a man who has recently become a widower. Gordon is also a man with secrets. The House of Bilford cloaks the secrets of a dark power within his family. A power passed as a gift from father to son. A gift Gordon desperately wants to return. Enter the Irish minx, Colleen (Call-een) O Malley, niece of Gordon s nearest neighbors, and dearest friends, Shaun and Fran O Malley. Colleen is soft-spoken, well educated, cultured and a stunning red-headed beauty, with secrets of her own, who has been sent on a mission to the House of Bilford. Although Gordon has just lost his wife, Colleen appears determined to capture Gordon s attention. As Colleen is more and more successful with her endeavors, Gordon is inexplicably drawn not only to Colleen s charms and grace but to her seemingly mysterious knowledge of Gordon s alter ego. Although not a part of her plan, Colleen has found herself equally drawn to Gordon. Will their passion lead them to heaven, or to hell on earth?