Harlequin Intrigue Series by Laura Gordon

The moon shone full the night Tori Marston's mother was murdered - and the little girl's memories stopped there. She'd never discover the truth until she returned to her Australian home and faced what she feared most... As lawyer to pearl baron Henry Marston, Adam Dean was sent to "retrieve" Henry's adopted daughter, Tory - twenty years after she'd been sent away. Each night, he fought the urge to look into her eyes and tell her his terrible secret... moreThe moon shone full the night Tori Marston's mother was murdered - and the little girl's memories stopped there. She'd never discover the truth until she returned to her Australian home and faced what she feared most... As lawyer to pearl baron Henry Marston, Adam Dean was sent to "retrieve" Henry's adopted daughter, Tory - twenty years after she'd been sent away. Each night, he fought the urge to look into her eyes and tell her his terrible secret. Together, Tori and Adam rose above the tension that sizzled between them and began to uncover her past. The truth would finally free Tori, but would it bind Adam to the past he longed to escape. less