Heir to a publishing fortune, Andy Rancourt is famous, reckless and trying to escape from a past that is fast catching up on him. Twenty years ago he was kidnapped and when his father refused to pay the ransom, Andy's mother shot and killed her miserly husband. Now the kidnapper is free and he wants revenge on the entire Rancourt family. But that doesn't necessarily mean killing them... just yet! The kidnapper has a secret that will tear mother and son apart, a secret so shattering that it may drive Andy Rancourt to the outer limits of sanity... and end the Rancourt dynasty forever!