dedication dedicated to my loving family without their support id still be just another author looking to be published cover by charlotte alire table of context preface chapter one the inheritance chapter two chatterton place chapter three dark eyed portrait chapter four the decision chapter five where to start chapter six step by step chapter seven handle with care chapter eight an dance unseen chapter nine older brothers chapter ten vip weekend chapter eleven emma 's first cotillion chapter twelve suspicions chapter thirteen the old barn chapter fourteen laughter makes good medacine chapter fifteen an old love story chapter sixteen a brotherly invasion chapter seventeen the rose lady chapter eighteen christmas at chatterton place chapter nineteen darkest before the dawn chatterton place saga continues contact patricia preface michael chase stood motionless before the window in the darken room , safely out of sight of his defiant wife forcing sleeping bags into the trunk of their little car in the driveway .