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Liz's prophecy: A man of darkness. A child of light. You'll be able to only save one.
Right from the start, Liz knew there was something David Baines wasn't telling her. But by the time the truth came out, it was too late. She'd played right into fate's hand and allowed herself to believe that she was safe from her mother's ominous prediction.
She'd convinced herself that she'd finally found happiness with a wonderful man who really mattered to her and a child who desperately needed her.
But now she and David are caught up in the danger from his past. And a little girl — half a world away — is still waiting for Liz to keep her promise.
Must Liz give up one to save the other?
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July 13, 2006: The prophesy that her Rom roots predict for her involve a child of the light and a man of the dark, but that she must select one for she can only save one. Though she ran from her destiny, all she found was a harsh life out there so Liz Radonvic comes home to Vegas since she has chosen to bring light to a little girl she met in India by adopting Preisha, who suffers from a birth defect.-------------- However, before her dreams are answered by the government red tape, she meets gardener David Baines. They are attracted to one another, but she fears he is hiding something from her even as she wonders if she can have him and Preisha that is until he reveals the truth about himself as he is the dark side of that prophecy. -------------- This is a warm tale in which love conquers all. Liz and David are terrific lead characters who fall in love in spite of her belief he is hiding something bad about himself from her. Though there is lighthearted undercurrent starting with David running over her hedgehog cactus, the story line contains a serious theme dealing with adoption especially of children with ailments readers? hearts will go out to Preisha.------------ Harriet Klausner