A widower as a result of a tragic accident three years ago in 1875, Braden visits America with his five-year-old son. He still mourns his deceased wife until he meets the beautiful Kerry McGillinen. Kerry fires his passion and soon his heart is lost and his love will not be denied by family, an old suitor, or jealous governess. Kerry loses her heart to an adorable boy named Bennett Wessex. She meets his father and her innocence of life is lost as Braden and fate take her hand fulfilling the legacy of Geneva’s Hope.

Instructed by her mother to believe that marriage is a business merger, Paige denies her attraction toward a certain Marquis of Dunham. Paige travels abroad with her mother. On this vacation she meets Everett Mann. Her mother wants a merger with her daughter and Everett. Paige's father and Ayden McGillinen have other ideas. Ayden accompanies his sister Kerry and her husband Braden Wessex to England. He plans on managing the McGillinen family English properties. Ayden meets Paige Amherst and managing property isn't the only thing on his mind. When Ayden learns Everett Mann is Paige's suitor, he takes her as his wife. The biggest battle turns out not to be with Everett, but his new wife's attitude toward the merger.

The Love story of Breena and Dwayne McGillinen. Story number 4 of the Geneva Saga.

Ryan McGillinen found out what the word "thunderstruck" meant when he met Oak Twig. The strong mountain of the McGillinen clan turned into mush when he met the half-breed Sosoni' maiden. He had to have her. He would have her. He bought her with the highest price known to the camp of Bright Moon. Soon he learned her secret and taught her about true love. Oak Twig led a happy life as the adopted daughter of Blue Pool. She and her family had kept her secret well. They kept it secret until she met Ryan McGillinen. Then everything changed. Memories flooded her mind. Oak Twig was certain of one thing after meeting Ryan McGillinen. She loved him. Their life together would be blessed by Tam Apo.

Quincy Burke is sent to Maui as a Department of Homeland Security. Her new computer program is on the high tech edge of combating terrorist activity. The Koreans have a mole in the NSA and they are after Quincy and her program. A powerful Mana is also after Quincy and the two sources direct her into a deadly trap. Another DHS chief is out to protect Quincy from the Koreans, but he can't protect her from a powerful Mana. Instead, he is led by the same force and another Maui myth may be created with the blessings of Pele and the wisdom of Ka'ahamanu.

Reprint of the 1925 ed., issued in series: The Institute of Politics publications, Williams College, Williamstown, Mass.