Amanda

Claiming to be the long-lost Amanda Daulton, a beautiful woman comes to the magnificent Southern mansion owned by Amanda's family, but her arrival ignites a deadly explosion of greed, passion, and murder

From the only author worthy of being called today's successor to Victoria Holtcomes a spellbinding tale of contemporary suspense that begins with amysterious homecoming and ends in a shattering explosion of passion, greed, andmurder. And all because a stranger says her name is... Amanda.

Others have claimed to be Amanda Daulton, but now a beautiful, self-assuredwoman has stepped out of the shadows of the past, insisting she's the missingheiress to a multimillion-dollar fortune. One look is all it takes to assurethe family patriarch that she's his beloved granddaughter. But others at themagnificent Southern mansion called Glory are not as easily convinced, otherswith much to lose from her sudden reappearance. Soon suspicion erupts in achilling attempt on her life, and after the traumatic ordeal, she begins tohave flashes of a nightmarish vision. What, if anything, happened twenty yearsago to drive a mother and her nine-year-old
daughter away from their privileged life? The struggle to find the elusiveanswer exposes a frightening trail of secrets--a trail that leads shockingly tothe present and to the enigmatic woman who calls herself... Amanda.

Copyright © 1996 by Kay Hooper