Peterson Hits the Bestseller Lists Again and Again! Emmalyne Knox and Tavin MacLachlan were destined to be together...until the tragic deaths of Emmalynes youngest sisters. Family tradition mandates that the youngest daughter should remain single to care for her parents in their old age, and now that daughter is Emmalyne. Her father unyielding, Emmalyne surrenders to her duty, heartbroken. Tavin leaves town, equally devastated. Years later, Emmalynes family moves, and she and Tavin meet again. Their feelings for each other are as strong as ever, but their painful past and Emmalynes father still stand between them. Soon both families are in the midst of the growing conflict rising between the workers at the granite quarry that Tavins father owns and operates.