Bittersweet Rain: Caroline Dawson survived the slow death of her husband, Roscoe Lancaster, the richest man in the county and her senior by three decades. But she feared she might not survive Rink Lancaster, her husband’s son. He had introduced Caroline to her first tremulous taste of love - and then broke her heart. Now Rink wants to settle the score. Sweet Anger: Television newscaster Kari Wynne blamed her shattered life on one man - D.A. Hunter McKee. He hadn’t directly caused her husband’s death, but he had destroyed his reputation. Now, Kari will begin a desperate search for the truth about her husband’s mysterious death...and about the man she wants to hate who somehow awakens within her the kind of passion she has never known before. Eloquent Silence: Lauri is a dedicated young teacher for the deaf. Her past conceals a wound still unhealed. Drake, daytime TV’s most popular star, has two heartaches - the daughter he believes will never have a normal life and the dead wife he can’t forget. Jennifer is the beautiful hearing-impaired child who may become a pawn between the man and the woman she needs the most.