Childhood friend and heir to the De Leon plantation, Naldothe and the late Letty Marcus’ daughter Annathe Cook meet in Letty’s cottage on the estate following her funeral. Circumstances have changed over the years and the two friends find they are in opposing camps even as they discover a passionate attraction for each other. Anna’s mother and Reynaldos father had died within hours of each other and left behind a complicated legacy for their children.

In his will, Naldos father leaves Letty a cookbook of the famed De Leon recipes for a line of products that rake in millions for the estate and the cooks cottage.  Anna inherits both. In addition to the cottage that breaks up the four-hundred-year-old estate, Naldo reveals that his father had given Letty jewelry that was part of the De Leon heritage.

A failed marriage has made the once optimistic Anna cynical and suspicious of the world in general and men in particular. Thus, when Naldo offers to buy back the cottage and jewels, she refuses to sell her memory-filled refuge despite needing money. Her beliefs are further shaken when she finds out about the relationship that had blossomed between their parents. As Anna and Naldo give in to their growing attraction for each other they have to deal with both the material legacy left to Anna and the romantic legacy of the relationship between Letty and the older De Leon.

Naldo negotiates with Anna to piece back his inheritance but in the process falls deeply in love with the frail but passionate young lady. Together, after many a misunderstanding and finally a brush with death, they learn that their emotional inheritance is more lasting that any fleeting material ones.

Seduced for the Inheritance is a bittersweet romance that finds a heartwarming way out of misunderstanding that are so very common in the world we live in today and reveals that in the end what really makes the world go around is love not money. It’s a reminder all closet romantics need once in a while. So don’t forget to pick up your copy at the earliest and revel in this triumph of love!!!

Reviewed by Raakhee Suryaprakash for The Road to Romance

October 27, 2007