When they first met sixteen years ago, Ali was convinced she had found in Ryan a man who grew up like she did: as a foster care orphan. In college on the East Coast, the couple was young and in love so Ali did not think it strange when Ryan demanded that they quickly marry and immediately transfer to a Midwestern university to begin their life as newlyweds. They are now a poster for stable, middle-class marriages. Ryan has an independent law practice; Ali is an ER nurse. The couple has a daughter and a son in high school and middle school, respectively.
Yet when Ryan leads a blockbuster case, teaming up with other lawyers to lead a class action suit against a toxic industrial development by billionaire Charles Barnett, all hell breaks loose. During the case discovery, Ali learns that Ryan is really the sole son and namesake of magnate Charles Barnett. “Ryan” faked his death by disappearing off his sailboat near the Massachusetts coast sixteen years ago. His real name is Charles Barnett Jr. and he faked his death to avoid the pressure of the family legacy and to marry Ali, who came from a lower social status. He took Ryan as his name, assuming the legal identity of a college roommate who died young.
While shocking to all involved, Ali rises above the situation and uses her love for Ryan as the driving force to reunite the estranged father and son. Bit by bit, the family members put together the missing pieces of their lives. Ali learns how to reconcile her family to their new in-laws and the powerful society in which they live. She points the father and son on a path to a final redemption.
A searing novel that demonstrates the strength of love and the power of class to haunt our lives, Legacy Discovered is a moving meditation on how to redeem the past. As Ryan says to his teenage daughter, “Status does not determine character. Character determines status.”
Available in Hardcover (ISBN 978-1-4817-5734-8),
Paperback (ISBN 978-1-4817-5736-2) and e-Book (ISBN 978-1-4817-5735-5)
“Legacy Discovered” Book Trailer from Kerry Reis on Vimeo.
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great site kerrylreis.com.
hello!,I love your writing so much!
One of the genuine upcoming books that shows alot of promise. The mixture of the romance suspense in its story is exciting and makes it a must read for readers who are fans of romance novels. Kerry Reis deserves a high regard for his work and he will soon be one of the sought out authors soon.
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Kerry,
Your background in television and digital broadcast communications makes Was She Adopted or Kidnapped? especially intriguing you’ve spent years around the world of storytelling and television, and this book feels like a natural meeting point between both.
I checked the book out on Amazon, and honestly, I was surprised to see so little reader feedback there. 😤 A story involving a 19 year old cold case, a missing mother and baby, DNA discoveries, the FBI, competing television productions, and a family trying to piece everything together should have readers talking.
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