Summer Place — Peggy Darty

Has she fallen in love with a thief?

Mary Kate Moore, WJAK Television's newest on-the-street reporter, captures the vulnerable side of Blake Taylor, one of the most prominent developers in Florida, as he leaves the courtroom after being acquitted of stealing several pieces of jewelry that were mysteriously found in his home before his wife's death. Mary Kate's interview with the handsome man upsets his eight-year-old daughter Hanna who runs away, drawing Mary Kate inescapably into their lives.

Against her boss's warning to stay away from Taylor, she finds herself falling in love with Blake and Hanna as she helps the child through the pain and questions of grief. Blake is everything Mary Kate has been praying for-until she discovers a ruby ring hidden in a pill bottle-the one piece of stolen jewelry that was never found.

Mary Kate cannot allow herself to love a thief, but how can she abandon Hanna now when she is so close to giving her heart to God?