Suddenly events shot out of her control. When her married sister, Shirley, and the new baby had to move in with her, Kate Forrest reluctantly gave up school teaching for a more lucrative career in modeling. But she hadn't counted on Shirley's tragic death, and having to raise her orphaned nephew. Yet Kate was determined to do it .... So was the child's uncle, the forceful Jerome Manfred. And he wanted Kate as much as he wanted the child--at any price, Kate furiously discovered. Even that of blackmailing her into marriage!