When Jillian Gallagher's fiance is killed in a car accident, the last name he utters is "Kate." After bringing his body back to his aristocratic English family, Jill discovers that a woman, Kate Gallagher, disappeared mysteriously almost one hundred years ago. Who was Kate? What had she meant to Jill's fiance? And how is she connected to Jill?
Her search involves her with a secretive and hostile family, and plunges her into a puzzling mystery that quickly obsesses her. As Jill delves deeper into the life of Kate Gallagher, she enlists the help of one man...a man who may be there to help her, seduce her, or destroy her. The Third Heiress will keep readers riveted to every page as the shocking events unfold.