[The Secrets of Stoneley 05] • Deadly Payoff

**A note from Delia Blanchard**

So many things have been happening here at our family's mansion,

I can't go home to Hawaii: I've met my long-lost grandparents; learned

the woman shot to death in the library was my aunt, *not* my mother;

*and* been threatened by a blackmailing loan shark! And Shaun Murphy

is back in my life--he was hired to repair the damage after the

shooting. He's been rather distant with me, but I think, with God's help, I can

convince him to help me track down my missing mother--and

perhaps give our love another chance, too.